Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----the collateralisation finance versus taxing wealth, why the citizens’ assembly – I think that is merely an opinion that has been repeated by all guests whereby they believe it is a wide-ranging debate on the issue that can inform the Oireachtas thereafter into the particular journey it wants to take – the public register of beneficial owners and finally the transparency issue versus the awarding of public contracts. I know what relevance that has but it may have some specific relevance in the context of those who have sufficient wealth that you deem necessary to be taxed prior to any further public contracts of any nature. I ask the witnesses to be as succinct as they can in response to those five points please.