Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage

6:00 pm

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The reason is that the section of the Bill requires the employer to incur a cost which in turn generates the tax. Companies in this sector are supplying the product. My understanding is that the supply of this product is seen as free because they are working in that sector.