216. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance regarding the changes contained in section 63(1) of the Finance Bill which exempts administration services of defined contribution occupational pension schemes from VAT, except one member arrangements, if that clause was inserted in order to comply with the European Court of Justice ruling in the so-called ATP case; if he is aware that the vast majority of defined contribution one member schemes are administered by life companies whose pension business is VAT exempt anyway; his views on whether section 63(1) breaches the principle of fiscal neutrality by confirming a distortion in the marketplace between insured providers of one member schemes and uninsured providers, given that uninsured providers are, in the main, small Irish businesses rendering exactly the same services as those provided by insurers; if he will consider an amendment which would eliminate the words other than a one member arrangement, within the meaning of that Act, from the relevant subsection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43184/14]

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216. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance regarding the changes contained in section 63(1) of the Finance Bill which exempts administration services of defined contribution occupational pension schemes from VAT, except one member arrangements, if that clause was inserted in order to comply with the European Court of Justice ruling in the so-called ATP case; if he is aware that the vast majority of defined contribution one member schemes are administered by life companies whose pension business is VAT exempt anyway; his views on whether section 63(1) breaches the principle of fiscal neutrality by confirming a distortion in the marketplace between insured providers of one member schemes and uninsured providers, given that uninsured providers are, in the main, small Irish businesses rendering exactly the same services as those provided by insurers; if he will consider an amendment which would eliminate the words other than a one member arrangement, within the meaning of that Act, from the relevant subsection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43184/14]

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