Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group) | Oireachtas source

It also affects private sector workers, because 5,000 or more such workers will lose their jobs as a result of the money being extracted out of the economy under this Bill. As a Labour Party Minister, why does the Minister not target the 10,000 highest earners in the country? The Minister for Finance recently informed me they earn €5.9 billion per year or an average of €595,000 each. Why does the Minister not target the 20,000 highest earners who, according to the Minister for Finance-----

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