Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage

6:00 pm

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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The Minister defines somebody on €70,000 as a middle-income earner. What proportion of the overall 2.6 million taxpayer units is made up of those earning over €70,000? I imagine 80% of taxpayer units would be below that figure.