Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

My understanding is that all of these allowances are unvouched. It is a matter for the Revenue Commissioners and the latest update I have from the Minister for Finance is that more policy considerations need to be examined and that any changes would not come into effect until the new year. That was a week or two ago, so things may have changed again since then. I will ask the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, to update the Deputy directly.

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