Economy ‘will lose €30m a year from travel tax’

THE head of the state tourism board has warned that the Government’s controversial air travel tax will result in net losses of more than €30m to the Irish economy each year.

Redmond O’Donoghue, the chairman of Fáilte Ireland, has called for the €10 tax, which was introduced last March, to be reviewed “as a matter of urgency”.

His comments are contained in the submission by Fáilte Ireland to the Commission on Taxation which published its report last September.