Patricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein)
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I thank our guests. My question is for Mr. Gibbons and his colleagues of the ICTU. I note from his opening statement that he believes several of the proposals in chapter 9 are at odds with the general thrust of the commission's work. Given the tax expenditures he referenced, such as the entrepreneur relief, SARP etc., are of significant annual cost to the taxpayer, will he expand on why he thinks they are at odds with the commission's task of finding ways to broaden the tax base?