Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 December 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
2:00 pm
Dr. Thomas Conefrey:
Again, it is not our specific role to recommend expenditure in particular areas. The important point is more on what we can do to insure ourselves against this very real risk. Even before the huge increases in corporation tax revenue we saw this year, there was reason to be cautious about corporation tax given the concentration associated with a very small number of firms.