Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am quite concerned about this because it is quite important. The Department of Finance is in the dark about an incredibly significant figure and an extraordinary thing that is happening in the economy. It does not know why it happened and it has a lot of work to do, which is very worrying. This means one cannot for a moment believe any assessment as to whether this is or is not permanent income because the Department itself does not know where it is coming from or why it is coming. If one compares this with the construction industry boom in 2007, for example, which ended there, what percentage of the taxes at that time came from the construction industry and which have now collapsed and gone away?