Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Yes, but I must push Mr. Sweeney on this point. I understand a banded system. The United Kingdom, operates such a system, which I consider to be highly flawed because the band begins at £800 and ends at £1,200. Consequently, it means that if one is Del Boy Trotter living out in Nelson Mandela House, one is paying £800 while if one is Queen Elizabeth, living in Buckingham Palace, one pays £1,200. The bands are too limited, too narrow and all the rest of it. A banded system that began at €100,000 and which went up indefinitely could be something to be looked at. ICTU's submission talks about a banded proposal and I would like to hear more about that. Does it envisage an indefinite band or is it a band that is very confined?