Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland
9:00 am
Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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I thank Dr. McDonnell. IBEC was before the committee yesterday and its view is that our tax base is too narrow and that we have too high a marginal tax rate. What is NERI's view on that? Dr. McDonnell mentioned that child care is a major barrier to employment and I agree with him. Does he think the Government child care scheme will go some way to improving the situation?