Mary O'Rourke
Ceist:124 Mrs. O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to reduce the rate of VAT on newspapers; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the rate of VAT on resarch journals in Ireland is completely out of line at 21 per cent with those in other EU countries where the rate is 8 per cent on average. [16989/96]