Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)

The plan is that the reduced VAT rate of 9% will continue until the end of 2013. As stated by the Deputy, that is what is promised in the jobs initiative and the legislation and is what is stated on the Revenue website. The industry should work on the basis that the reduced rate will continue until the end of 2013, the year of The Gathering. Having said that, I am not writing the budget now.

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