Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will remove the travel tax as a gesture to the industry and to encourage more tourists to visit here in view of the problems encountered by airports and airlines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20431/10]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I have no plans to abolish the air travel tax. The air travel tax was one of a number of Budgetary measures introduced recently that was necessary in the context of an overall response to the fiscal challenges we face. I have stated before that the impact of the tax on passenger numbers is being overstated.