Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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Maybe we are overly sensitive to that issue at the moment. We are really talking about two areas, that is, the welfare system and taxes. I was wondering if our contributors could explore a little whether we should always be talking about that in terms of the same measure, in that the indexation would always be linked to the exact same measure, or should we be looking at a more nuanced approach? I am mindful that to a large extent welfare is a very domestic issue to the economy. Taxes can be somewhat more complex than that. Do our contributors have any thoughts on whether it should be the same measure across both parts of the economy?