Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion

2:00 pm

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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I will finish in ten seconds, Chairman. Given the volatility of corporation tax receipts, would it not be advisable to ensure those receipts are used not for recurrent expenditure or tax cut but to deal with the catch-up requirements of the economy? For example, should they be used to build the houses that we need to meet demand? Should they be used for other investment that was unavailable to us in the ten years of austerity?