Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage

6:00 pm

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes, I do. I also believe it is an issue when people work extra hours either through overtime or additional work or take on additional responsibility and the amount of income they get for that. Once they pay these high levels of marginal taxation, their additional efforts are not merited.

We are entitled to different political views on the matters. The OECD and other analyses comparing our personal tax code to those of other countries point to a high marginal tax rate in Ireland and the fact we are an outlier in terms of how quickly one enters the higher rate of income tax.

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