Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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I appreciate that the example given is motor tax, which does not come under the Minister's remit. I think responsibility for it lies with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. As we do not have an example of a specific tax, I ask the Minister to consider a reform to allow businesses and individuals who are dealing with cash flow problems and who pay their taxes on time to pay in instalments, without any penalties being imposed. With motor tax, if one pays in instalments, one pays a greater gross figure than if one were to pay in one go. I ask the Minister to consider that in the future.