Patricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chairman. I apologise for having to step out to speak in the Chamber. I welcome our guests. I was going to ask about the smoothed earnings approach but the Chairman has asked about much of that, and I am thankful for the answers there.

Would the witnesses foresee any technical issues if indexation was to be expanded to all or most social welfare payments and the taxation system? Have the Departments carried out any analysis of indexing social welfare payments, including payments and thresholds, or the taxation system?