Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance
Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed)
3:20 pm
Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source
We disagree and there is no point in labouring the point. The area needs more tax because it is part of the architecture of casino capitalism. When we are dealing with an investment problem, which we all agree exists, the instinct is to deal with it through reducing the taxes on profits in the area of capital speculation, for want of a better word.
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