Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 April 2024

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion

Ms Susanne Rogers:

Nat O'Connor has recently published Ireland's Public Spending Explained. It is not possible to give a value for all tax expenditure but the latest reported information is on 81% of the tax breaks, which cost €7.1 billion, which is equivalent to more than 6% of all public spending. That is something the Commission on Taxation and Welfare pushed for.