MEPS Back Measures to Remove VAT on Defibrillators

The government is being urged to act on new powers it will have to determine VAT rates on defibrillators.

MEPs, meeting in Strasbourg, have backed an overhaul of the VAT system across Europe, both to simplify it and improve cross border clarity.

Member states will have more flexibility, in certain cases, to decide the rate applicable to some products.

Among those are defibrillators, which currently attract a 23 per cent rate.

In the past the Irish government has said its hands are tied when it to comes to decision making on VAT.

That will now change when the European Council adopts the legislation approved by the parliament.

Independent MEP for Midlands North-West, Marian Harkin, says she wants the Government to remove VAT from defibrillators:

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