asked the Minister for Finance whether he is aware that great hardship has resulted to motor hackney owners by the increase of taxation imposed by the Finance Act, 1926; that numbers of these men, owing to the severe competition of buses, etc., are finding great difficulty in making a livelihood; and whether he will consider, in connection with the forthcoming Budget, a reversion to the figure which prevailed prior to the Finance Act, 1926.
CEISTEANNA.—QUESTIONS. WRITTEN ANSWERS. - TAX ON HACKNEY MOTOR CARS.
With regard to the first and second parts of the question, I would refer the Deputy to my reply to a question asked by Deputy Shaw on the 1st instant. With regard to the last part, I regret that I cannot anticipate my Budget statement.