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Air travel tax gathers €67m in first six months of operation
06 November 2009 14:10

The Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan confirmed yesterday that the air travel tax introduced on April 1 this year had collected €67.3m in the first six months of operation. When first announced in October of last year the Minister had stated that the tax would add €95m in 2009 and €150m in a full year to exchequer returns. Even allowing for the fact that the... Read More...

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Filed under: Brian Lenihan, Travel Tax, Pat Breen. Joanna Tuffy

No travel tax exemption for Shannon
05 November 2009 00:34

Opposition party Fine Gael's Deputy Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Pat Breen T.D. tabled a question in Dail Eireann (Parliament) this week asking Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan to exempt airlines using Shannon Airport from the €10 travel tax for a period of two years following the breakdown in discussions last week between the Shannon Airport Authority... Read More...

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Filed under: Shannon Airport, Aer Lingus, Pat Breen, Brian Lenihan