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

Has the institute any such work? I asked Dr. McDonnell a question earlier about evidence and he suggested that there is none and that we need to look at the long-term in a country. We dispute and disagree with some of what the ESRI produces, but its representatives told this committee last year that there is no evidence to suggest that marginal tax rates are a deterrent to employment. Indeed, they pointed out that investment in child care would be a larger enabler in terms of economic activity and job creation.

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