The Dáil has passed all outstanding amendments in the second stage of the Finance Bill.
Earlier, the minority Fianna Fail Government survived a crucial Dáil vote, after the second stage of the Bill was passed.
Independent TDs Michael Lowry and Jackie Healy-Rae supported the Bill after they said they secured a number of concessions from the Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, on its contents.
After a tense morning of last minute brinkmanship, Michael Lowry announced just before noon that he and fellow Independent Jackie Healy-Rae would support the Finance Bill after securing a number of concessions from Finance Minister Brian Lenihan.
These include the scrapping of the plan to move the self-assessment deadline for the self employed back by one month to September 30 and the re-introduction of a planned super tax on bankers' bonuses.
Their decision removed the tension from the first vote on the Bill. Using the Dáil's electronic voting system, the Government had a majority of two - 80 to 78 - on the vote.
When it came to a subsequent formal 'walk through' vote, Mattie McGrath abstained, leaving the Government's victory margin at three.
Labour's Joan Burton today submitted an amendment to the Finance Bill which would bring thousands of wealthy tax exiles into the tax net. She told the House that before the last Budget the Government had said that the first contribution from tax exiles would be brought in by October 2011.
Her amendment called on the Government to lay before the House a report on the contribution to the Exchequer in respect of tax exiles. She said this information is not forthcoming from the Government.
Deputy Burton said it was unfair that people subject to the universal social charge saw the effects of that charge within three weeks of it being announced, yet wealthy tax exiles were put on the long finger - longer than a year.
She also castigated Fianna Fáil for pretending that everyone would row in and contribute equally, in these times of crisis.
Fine Gael's Brian Hayes supported the Labour amendment saying a new class had been created. He said it was like a kind of flight of the earls, a new kind of highly-bred class in terms of their tax status. He said this unfairness had to be tackled
Sinn Fein's Arthur Morgan said the tax exile status was so unfair it was crazy.
Minister Martin Mansergh said he agreed it was a fraught issue, but that he was not prepared to accept the amendment.
The Government defeated the amendment.
