Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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That comes as no surprise but it is deeply disappointing. Coupled with the earlier amendments we moved on the price threshold or cap, when we look at what other countries have done on this, it really reflects a very soft windfall tax. Just by the measure of fairness and moral responsibility, this falls short. We should look at what other countries have done. We discussed this on Committee Stage of the original Bill. We can do this. Other countries have done it and while it may be outside the scope of this Bill, it is certainly within the competence of Government to go further. It is been clear from the Minister of State and from the senior Minister when he dealt with this that the Government was not keen to do it. That is most regrettable.