Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group) | Oireachtas source

This is about the funding of the health services. There are significant assets and income in this country which are not taxed and it is clear from official reports, including one from the Central Statistics Office, that very wealthy people here have increased their wealth and their assets during the course of this recession. They are not paying their fair share of taxation. They are not paying a wealth tax. I put it to the Minister that he should at least recommend to his Cabinet colleagues the introduction of a wealth tax to ensure we can properly fund our health services.