Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The witnesses are welcome to the replay. I apologise that I did not tog out the last time, but I communicated by apologies to Dr. O'Donnell and Mr. Gibbons, individually. We are here now. This is a useful exercise and engagement. The first point I will make about the Commission on Taxation and Welfare report is that Government has had two significant tests since the publication of the report in the middle of September. The first test was budget 2023 and the series of €4 billion in what it described as "once-off measures" that it implemented at the latter end of last year, many of which will melt away, like snow in a ditch, in the next couple of weeks. The Government had another test yesterday of its understanding and comprehension of the report. It seems that, based on those two key tests, the Government either has not read the report or has simply decided to sideline it. Does Dr. McDonnell agree?