Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Supplementary)
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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No. The Chairman might remember when this was introduced. There was a €10 standard tax, with a €2 tax for airports within 300 km of Dublin Airport. The view of the airlines at that point was that the design of the tax was unfair and conferred a degree of competitive advantage on other airlines.