Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Statement of Strategy 2011-2014: Discussion with Department of Finance
3:15 pm
Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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We will find out which is the case. What role does the Department have in the Clearing House Group and what lobbying has come from commercial and private interests with regard to the financial transaction tax and the attitude towards corporation tax? Does Mr. Moran have any thoughts on the potential revenues forgone by not imposing a financial transaction tax and on the very low effective corporate tax rate, which may be as low as 6%? Should that be examined?