Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I raised the issue last year of the extraordinary amount of tax losses built up by the banks and by the construction industry. In this context, why would the Minister not introduce a minimum effective corporation tax and other tax rates, even including relevant capital taxes, in order that people who have very good advisers to help them to avoid and evade, not withstanding whatever schemes they use, would have to pay some tax? I would like to hear the Minister's attitude to that proposal.