Seanad debates

Wednesday, 4 December 2002

Speaking of window dressing, I was struck by the big play made by the Minister on the abolition of reliefs. The reliefs the Minister listed in the Dáil were due to terminate naturally at the end of 2004. He had never previously expressed an intention to prolong them beyond that. I understand that individuals in the rural renewal area had been told not to expect a prolongation. All the Minister has done, under the guise of taking something from business, is announce the termination of schemes that were to terminate in any event. It is nonsense for him to describe this as spreading the burden equally.

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