Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed)
Dr. Nat O'Connor:
Okay. I suppose they were not our comments. I believe that Social Justice Ireland mentioned the PRSI on rental income and so on. There is broadly a principle that there should be equity in the tax system and that different forms of income should be equally taxed, but in this case currently all forms of income going to the older person leave many older people with a low income. That is our core concern. Any change to the PRSI system that would affect older persons simply must do a detailed analysis of our income replacement levels from all sources.