Thomas P. Broughan
Question:246 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance if he has received a copy of a recent report (details supplied) on the implications of the €10 air travel tax; his views on the conclusions of the report which has estimated revenue losses of €482 million, up to 3,000 job losses and a 1.2 million reduction in departing passengers in the aviation industry here in a full year of the operation of the €10 departure tax as compared to a tax take of just €116 million to the Exchequer; if these figures reflect cost benefit analysis carried out by his Department and the Department of Transport; if he will publish the cost benefit analysis of the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45864/09]
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