asked the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the question of exempting farm labourers from payment of income tax in the forthcoming Budget.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Liability of Farm Labourers to Income Tax.
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Farm labourers form part of the broad category of wage and salary earners and it would not be possible to give them special treatment in the matter of liability to income tax. I am not, therefore, prepared to reconsider the question of exempting farm labourers from income tax.