Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
ECOFIN Briefings: Minister for Finance
6:30 pm
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The theory of taxing the rich never lifted a country. There is a tranche of people who do not pay taxes in Greece and they avoid them if they want, but it is not helpful to get into this blame game. I would like to go to the meeting tomorrow disposed to help Greece if I can. However, there are difficulties.