Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We have always had the interest in asking that the tax rate would be paid and we could count on that contribution from the business sector. There have been recent revelations but they do not take away from the fact that this has always been an ambition of many people in this House. The witness is really saying we cannot count on recent gains in corporation tax so therefore there could be a big hole in the 2017 figures.