FINE Gael Senator Maria Byrne believes the 23 per cent VAT rate raises an issue of people having access to sunscreen.
This issue, she told the Seanad, mainly concerns people with fair skin or sensitive skin and people who are on low incomes and cannot afford the “luxury” product.
“We need to give people access to a preventative measure in the form of sunscreen. A good sunscreen is very expensive, and even more so with VAT,” she said.
“There is a group called Face the Future Ireland, which is an online store – and I am not encouraging people to shop online – which has reduced the price of its sunscreen by over 20 per cent until October to highlight the high rate of VAT.”
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