Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I have indicated over the last number of years, we have already looked to review tax expenditure. I thought a good example of that was the work that we did with the film industry. While we might have had different views on the outcome of that review, I do not recall anybody criticising the content of the review or the way that it was being done.

In response to Deputy Doherty's question, as the Deputy will no doubt remember from the debate on the Finance Bill, I committed to reviewing these matters in the context of the tax strategy group process and the papers that it will produce before the summer. I explained the issue that we have with timing and that if we do it as part of the tax strategy group, by that point we will have a full set of data on tax returns from that part of our economy. I will deliver against that commitment and that will inform choices that I may or may not make later in the year.

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