Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)

Let those proposals be costed in a fair and independent way to see exactly whether or not they reach the parameters set.

The call for the immediate abolition of the USC and reinstatement of the income and health levies is entirely impractical. First, it would not be either simple or straight-forward to reintroduce the income and health levies. For example, the legislation governing the health levy has been repealed and no longer exists in law. So even if it were considered desirable, and I believe it is not-----

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