Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Cuirim fáilte roimh an fhinné chuig an choiste. Tá cúpla ceist agam agus phléigh an Teachta Burton cúpla ceann de na hábhair. I wish to dig a bit deeper on the taxes, in particular on PAYE and the USC. Mr. Moran spoke of the elasticity and the different rates and I would like to go into that a bit deeper. One of the clear ways that we may be underestimating the USC is around the return to work and the retention of the medical card in certain circumstances if a person was eligible for social welfare provisions in the preceding year. Is the Department considering breaking the link and would those cases be based on income alone as opposed to a medical card for a person who returns to work? When the measure was introduced it was for a different reason. Is any consideration given by the Department in that regard?