Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 September 2024

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Pre-Budget Engagement

3:30 pm

Photo of Jack ChambersJack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I can send the committee detailed figures on the numbers who have paid and what it has taken to date. I am happy to provide that information. What we have done here is taken the recommendation of €2.8 million and we are phasing that in from 2026 onwards, with an increase of €200,000, which addresses wage growth in that interim period. It also addresses a specific concern that has been raised around retention and promotion issues which has been well flagged publicly. We are not changing the charge in excess tax-----