Patrick O'Donovan
Question:61. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider making amendments (details supplied) to the Finance Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39721/15]
View answerWednesday, 11 November 2015
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The Finance Bill is a Money Bill. Article 22.1° of the Constitution defines a Money Bill as meaning a Bill which contains only provisions dealing with all or any of the following matters, namely, the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration or regulation of taxation; the imposition for the payment of debt or other financial purposes of charges on public moneys or the variation or repeal of any such charges; supply; the appropriation, receipt, custody, issue or audit of accounts of public money; the raising or guarantee of any loan or the repayment thereof; matters subordinate and incidental to these matters or any of them.
It would not appear that the amendments proposed by the Deputy would be appropriate to a Money Bill.