Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 November 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives and Focus Groups

1:30 pm

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The witnesses are the good guys and they are pointing in the right direction in terms of what we need to do. They are right in asking do we want to have an American-style tax structure or a European-style structure and the services that go with it. It seems we want Berlin services with Boston taxes but I do not believe that works. The witnesses are right in what they said and the points about debt sustainability and the need for investment are critical.

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