Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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My question is whether the Minister will consider an independent report to examine the sustainability of corporation tax receipts given the fact that the Coffey report is now, in essence, outdated in view of the growth in receipts since and the fact that his conclusion took us only as far as 2020. It does not say whether it is the beginning or the end. We are now in 2019 and there is a need to refresh that view and look again at sustainability over a longer term. Will the Minister consider an independent report at arm's length from the Department of Finance?