Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

I am keen for someone to explain and justify that. However, this speaks to the bigger issue. It is not simply about the pensions and pay of public servants but the lack of willingness of the Government to take emergency measures to go after the wealthy. Where is the wealth tax? Earlier, I referred to a sum of €131 billion owned by 1% of the population. If we include the top 5% then this figure becomes greater than €200 billion. Can we not simply place an emergency levy on them?

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