Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 September 2017

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland

9:00 am

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Dr. McDonnell has provided us with graphs on it. If we take the a one-earner married couple with two children, Ireland falls below the UK as well as the EU average in terms of the tax wedge and labour costs. This is not only at 100% but right up to 250%.

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