Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I got the Revenue Commissioners to disclose much of their data ten years ago. This was data that they previously did not release. There were extreme situations with people on very low wages paying a lot of tax, although it was not necessarily by everybody's standards. In one example, people working in stables for trainers were often subject to taxes and PRSI while the individuals who owned the businesses were entirely exempt. Through the work of a lot of committees here, however, that changed over time. Does Christian Aid feel enough data are published in Ireland? As a body that engages in research, is the data available adequate for its analytical needs?

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