Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach
The Impact of Tariffs on the Irish Economy: Nevin Economic Research Institute
3:20 am
Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source
I know Dr. McDonnell is as enthusiastic as I am for this idea but because my time is limited, I have to move on. We are seeing an attempt to shift how our economies are functioning using the tariff threat with a danger of potentially undermining it. I specifically mention the digital services levy which is being talked about by Europe. There is, however, also an attempt to have direct access for digital marketing from the United States, which affects democracy on a very basic level because we have seen what unregulated social media has contributed to the current situation.
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