Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a few short questions on the Stay and Save initiative. It must be extended next year, and hopefully businesses will be able to open for this. We need to do more promotion to encourage businesses to register with the Revenue. I checked on the statistics in October and in many counties the numbers of businesses registering are very low.

On the issue of the retail export scheme, I am cognisant of that. I am thinking of the English tourism trade coming to Ireland. There is an issue with the threshold of €75 that has been put in place by the Department of Finance in respect of the VAT refund for purchases made and subsequently exported. What are Mr. Kelly's views on that issue? Is the threshold sufficient, or does he see it having an impact on the English tourism market in the years ahead?