Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will table an amendment tomorrow specifically to deal with that issue.

There are also very serious concerns being raised about the entitlement to use allowances and reliefs to minimise tax liability. It was correctly curtailed in 2006 and again in the Finance Act 2010. I am specifically raising this matter on behalf of family hoteliers who are being treated as high earners if they use a major part of their income to pay what they owe. This is not the Government's intention but rather how the Revenue Commissioners are applying the measure. The people concerned are trying to keep their businesses going, but they are being classed as high earners when they are not. I know the Minister of State has received representations from the Irish Hotels Federation and specific hoteliers. As the people concerned are providing employment, I ask for a Government commitment to examine this issue and how the ruling is being applied to determine if it is being applied fairly. We will address that issue in one of the sections in some more detail tomorrow.