Varadkar says onus for concrete levy should be on construction industry not taxpayer

Tánaiste's statement comes as his Coalition partners in Fianna Fáil consider further debate about the 10% levy — including the possibility of postponing it

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar told the Fine Gael parliamentary party that 'the levy should be the onus of the construction industry and not the average taxpayer'. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said the onus for the controversial concrete levy should be on the construction industry and not the average taxpayer.

It comes as the Fianna Fáil party on Wednesday night agreed to establish a sub-committee to discuss the 10% levy, including the possibility of postponing it in advance of the Finance Bill which is due to come before the Dáil on October 20.