Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance
Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed)
4:45 pm
Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
The Minister used an unfortunate argument.
The only reason we cannot do this is that Europe will not allow us to do so. Many men and women fought in 1916 to have a republic on the island of Ireland. I agree with the Minister that tax sovereignty is a cornerstone of that. However, Europe will not allow us in commemorating those people to have those commemorations exempt from VAT.
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