Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for clarifying the issue, as it is important that small businesses and self-employed persons have certainty for the next 12 months. They will welcome the news that the pay and file date will not change for 2015. That leads me to the next question of whether it is still the Minister's intention to change the pay and file date in the future. We do not want to have a constant threat hanging over the sector which is vital to the economy that the pay and file date may change. The press release issued last year indicated that there would be no change in 2014, but it made it clear that the Minister's intention was still to bring forward the date. The Minister has now rolled on the process for another year and indicated that this will not happen in 2015. Is it still his underlying intention to change the date, as it is important for us to have clarity in that regard?

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