Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion

3:00 pm

Photo of Ciarán LynchCiarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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In ratio terms, over the past four and a half years taxation has been running at 14% and public expenditure has been running at 16%, which on a compound level over a three- or four-year period is quite high. Does IBEC have any recommendations in relation to areas wherein public expenditure could be increased to address the difficulties of the past three or four years?