Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 22 January 2019
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Yes, they might get that to me in a note. A total of 665 people are classed as high-income individuals, earning in excess of €250,000. Their total claim in tax expenditure is €150 million. I do not know where the equity is in that when one sees people like nurses or teachers being absolutely screwed, and then they look at this cohort of people being able to claim €150 million in tax expenditures and reliefs. Some of them are mad, like stud fees, greyhound fees, greyhound reliefs. It is crazy stuff.
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