Mr. Neil McDonnell:

No. What we are saying is that, as legislators, members are free to put up the cost of labour through the tax system by as much as they want. This is a little bit like the circularity of the discussion around the national minimum wage. If it is thought that the solution to worker poverty is to increase the minimum wage, why bother talking about putting it up by 10 cent, 20 cent or 30 cent? Why not double it?