Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 November 2023
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary)
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I have a similar question. We considered this issue on Committee Stage as well. I refer to some of the campaigns in respect of enforcement and catching this activity, and this might not always be the answer, but there certainly does need to be a stronger campaign to prevent or discourage these types of endeavours, which lead to a loss of revenue but also, as a knock-on effect, a loss of jobs. In the retail sector, where businesses have many costs coming at them, anything we can do to try to ensure jobs are kept locally would be better.
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