Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

What are the other revenue sources that will mean that an apparent deficit of €1 billion will only be off by €500 million at the end of the year? Has the Minister had cause to revise what his economists call elasticities concerning various taxes, in other words the relationship between growth in income tax and growth in incomes? Has he had cause to revise that in any way as a result of the experience to date?

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