42. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the Revenue Commissioners' policy of applying the 23% VAT rate to many everyday food supplements taken for health reasons, in contradiction to its own guidelines that food supplements, which provide sustenance, will be supplied at 0% VAT rate; the steps being taken by him to ensure that the 2011 VAT legislation is applied appropriately to food supplements to ensure that everyday supplements such as probiotics and glucosamine, which are classified as food products by the European Union and are regulated as such by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, are not subject to VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46482/14]

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42. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the Revenue Commissioners' policy of applying the 23% VAT rate to many everyday food supplements taken for health reasons, in contradiction to its own guidelines that food supplements, which provide sustenance, will be supplied at 0% VAT rate; the steps being taken by him to ensure that the 2011 VAT legislation is applied appropriately to food supplements to ensure that everyday supplements such as probiotics and glucosamine, which are classified as food products by the European Union and are regulated as such by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, are not subject to VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46482/14]

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