Professor John McHale:

Unfortunately, that goes beyond our mandate. In terms of the role we can play in the process, it is better that we stick close to that mandate, which focuses on the broader macro picture. If the Government were to choose to make adjustments to taxes, lowering some tax rates or changing tax bands, offsetting it with other measures either on the tax or the expenditure side, that is very much a decision for the democratically elected Government. It is not our place to give specific advice on that.