Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

One gets less of what is taxed most. If everything is piled on income tax, there will be fewer people working. What I want is to change the tax base in accordance with the best advice available to make it more work-friendly. That means broadening the tax base and introducing taxes such as property tax. The view of anybody who comments on tax is that this is the proper way to proceed. It is not true to say that low-paid workers are totally burdened by the amount of taxes they pay.

For example, 850,000 low paid workers pay no income tax at all; therefore, the Deputy's analysis is not correct.

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