40 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance if he has held discussions with the Department of Finance on the operation of the new €10 air travel tax which will operate for airports here; the person who will collect the tax from departing passengers; if his Department undertook an analysis of the potential impact on volumes of airline passengers were a new airline tax to be introduced; the reason the owners of private jets with less than twenty seats will be exempt from the tax; if he will review the operation of the €10 air tax from Galway, Shannon, Ireland West, Cork and Kerry Airports in view of the higher tax that passengers from those airports will face when travelling to major UK destinations; if his attention has been drawn to the comments made by the chief executive officer of Galway Airport and of Ryanair regarding the impact on the aviation industry of the proposed new €10 air travel tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40065/08]

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40 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance if he has held discussions with the Department of Finance on the operation of the new €10 air travel tax which will operate for airports here; the person who will collect the tax from departing passengers; if his Department undertook an analysis of the potential impact on volumes of airline passengers were a new airline tax to be introduced; the reason the owners of private jets with less than twenty seats will be exempt from the tax; if he will review the operation of the €10 air tax from Galway, Shannon, Ireland West, Cork and Kerry Airports in view of the higher tax that passengers from those airports will face when travelling to major UK destinations; if his attention has been drawn to the comments made by the chief executive officer of Galway Airport and of Ryanair regarding the impact on the aviation industry of the proposed new €10 air travel tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40065/08]

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