Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, stated in the Chamber: "Revenue's position is that food supplements are not food and, as such, they are not entitled under VAT law to the zero rate of VAT." Revenue has stated this is the result of a re-examination of VAT legislation in the light of the recently commissioned expert report. However, the expert report which has just been published states food supplements are food, that they are legally recognised as such and that they are required to be supplied as such in Ireland and elsewhere in the European Union. Will the Taoiseach give a commitment that the proposal will not proceed as planned on 1 March and that people who have due regard to their health will not be penalised in so doing?

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