Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 November 2019

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

Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute

Photo of Paul MurphyPaul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I thank Dr. McQuinn.

Our guests have highlighted that, for example, the increase in grocery prices has hit those on lower incomes substantially harder because of the percentage of their incomes they spend on those products. Similarly, 1.2 million workers on incomes of €30,000 or less will be affected by that. Certain groups of workers in the agricultural sector and other sectors will be hard particularly hit. Are there policy measures that our guests consider should be implemented in order to mitigate the impact of Brexit on the less well paid and those in receipt of benefits to ensure that they do not pay for the price of Brexit?

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