Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 February 2022
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Paul Johnson:
It moved along for about seven years without any catch up through to the pandemic. There was a change then to be more generous and that has been re-based. It has been re-based by accident but that was not an explicit intention. The Deputy is right. You certainly can re-base these things.