James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

I came into the Chamber to ask the Minister for Finance a single question. Having listened to him, I am reminded of the lines of a song:

There are more questions than answers

And the more I find out the less I know.

Do I understand correctly that the figure of €700 million to which the Minister referred is the putative loss to the economy — the gross loss, rather than just the VAT loss — in a full year?

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