Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute
2:00 pm
John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Not long ago in Glenties the Minister for Social Protection floated the notion of indexing welfare payments. He was harassed and harangued from right and left. Perhaps it goes back to what Deputy Ryan said about new taxation being introduced and how no one wants it. Perhaps it is the same for indexing.