Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance
Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed)
11:00 am
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I am not passing the buck but much of what the Deputy referred to is under the remit of construction employment contracts. I accept Revenue has a role to play, although it cannot be all of the solution.
I would argue that in terms of the example the Deputy has given of people being paid in brown envelopes in pubs, this sort of provision will disincentivise that. We want a situation where Revenue is rewarding less risk. It is protecting the Exchequer and putting in a sliding scale so that the less risky one is, from a Revenue point of view, the lower the level of penalty. I believe that is an appropriate thing to do.
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