Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 21 February 2019
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
The short answer to the Deputy's question is yes, it could help. The challenge we have, however, is that this is a very complex area. The Deputy knows this. There can be a world of difference between the VAT rate on an ingredient and the rate on a processed product which includes the ingredient. We are seeing if there are ways in which we can do this work even more quickly than we had originally planned, but we had been aiming to have completed this work by July as part of the tax strategy group papers anyway. That is pretty soon. If we can do anything to aid with some of the difficulties around this issue, we will do so if doing so respects the independence of Revenue.
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