Noel Ahern
Ceist:67 Mr. N. Ahern asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the provisions in the Finance Bill, 1993, operate retrospectively to 1 January 1993, in respect of tax changes in relation to redundancy/retirement lump sums in view of the confusion caused by the statement in the Programme for a Partnership Government 1993-1997 that measures were being considered to discourage redundancies as this fear brought forward many redundancies and many people now find themselves being penalised; and if he will make a statement on the situation which obtains at present.