Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 6 November 2025
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach
Finance Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed)
2:00 am
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
That is the phrase I just used. I am acknowledging they have gone up but it has not been raised with me in a way that indicates that there is anything inappropriate behind that. It is a feature, I imagine, of an economy that is growing and businesses within that who are benefiting from that. While I know the cost has gone up, I have not been informed that it is for any reason that should be a cause of direct concern to me. As noted in the answer I have given, it is about trying to respond to an issue that has been raised, that is, that the two-year period could be overly restrictive.
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