Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 6 September 2016

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Economic and Fiscal Position: Nevin Economic Research Institute

1:00 pm

Dr. Tom McDonnell:

It actually was a throwaway comment. I was just talking in general about economic theory where land taxes are considered to be pro-growth. Obviously, however, there are equity considerations associated with that. A lot of land is farmland and farmers often have fairly low incomes and, therefore, there are obvious equity issues associated with it. I perhaps can comment on-----

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