FG pledges to cut hospitality Vat to 11% as Harris woos business with €800m package

Fine Gael's business manifesto for the general election also promises a PRSI rebate for businesses with fewer than 50 staff for every worker earning up to €592 a week
FG pledges to cut hospitality Vat to 11% as Harris woos business with €800m package

Simon Harris' bid to woo business is headlined by a proposed permanent Vat reduction from 13.5% to 11% for hospitality venues such as pubs and restaurants, as well as salons.  Stock picture

The outgoing Taoiseach will set out to woo businesses with an €800m manifesto package headlined by a permanent hospitality Vat reduction to 11% as he officially got Election 2024 underway.

Today, Friday, Simon Harris ended months of speculation by formally asking President Michael D Higgins to dissolve the Dáil, saying that "the time is now right to ask the Irish people to give a new mandate". He said: 

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