Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance
2:00 pm
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The current VAT rates are 0%, 9%, 13% and 23% and they can only be applied on sectors. Irish law is constructed in such a way that, for example, the same VAT that applies to hotels applies to the service sector and, for example, newspapers.