Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

----for coughs and other ailments. They work for many people. If they were being sold in their original food form as generated, they would not be subject to VAT. As such, I fail to see why the Minister would want to do this other than it being a money-raising measure. In a certain sense, he is hiding behind the Revenue Commissioners and getting them to do the work of raising more taxes.

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