Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I ask the Taoiseach to put on the record of the House the total graduated amounts for each level of income. Figures in the public domain suggest 3% for people on €15,000; 3.8% at €20,000; 5.8% at €30,000; 7.5% at €50,000; 8.3% at €75,000; and 8.8% at €100,000. Does the Taoiseach believe it is fair that somebody on €15,300 a year would now pay €450 extra as a pension levy? Is it fair to ask somebody on that low level of income to pay €450 on top of all the other things he or she must pay? I ask the Taoiseach to clarify how this will be treated by way of taxation. Will the pension levy be on the gross income figure or on the net figure or will people pay the levy and then pay tax on the levy that they have already paid?

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