Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will address corporation tax and the tax base in general. We hear much about our expenditure and how Government is trying to control spending while all of the Opposition parties are seeking more spending. We hear very little on the other side about tax. We hear about widening and broadening our tax base but very little about corporation tax, tax breaks for banks, tax incentives, tax avoidance and trying to address such areas. Do the witnesses have a comment on that? Dr. Healy might be able to comment on that at a time when we have so much need and increasing levels of abject poverty and a housing crisis. How feasible is it to continue to give tax breaks to banks which are making millions?