Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 May 2023

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Barra Roantree:

To add to that, if we are going to shift the balance from income towards wealth, it is very hard to do it fairly without including property and land, given the distribution and, more importantly, the composition of wealth in this country. We know that for the vast majority of households, the majority of their wealth is in-----