Donohoe against extending sports tax relief to GAA players

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has said that extending a tax relief scheme for sports people to GAA players “would raise a number of issues and challenges”.

In a written Dáil reply, Minister Donohoe said the current tax relief scheme for sports people cost the State €2.4m between 2008 and 2017. In the reply to Fianna Fáil TD Marc MacSharry, Minister Donohoe said during that period, 323 sports people have claimed tax relief.