Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will drop the VAT charge on defibrillators for community groups who wish to purchase them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26977/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I regret to say that it is not possible under EU VAT law, with which Irish VAT law must comply, to do as the Deputy proposes.