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

Excuse me. If the person is on €140,000, that is another big difference. It is not about saying a tax rate of 90% should be imposed as soon as a person's earnings exceed €100,000 per annum. Why is the Minister resisting the idea of, and the viability of, a progressive sliding scale that would capture more revenue in a fair and sustainable manner? The Minister has not really given a response to that question. I think it should be debated.