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

If income tax is raised much more there will be a problem. I do not know whether the Deputy is following the debate in the newspapers on young doctors and the number of them leaving the country. Somebody I know personally is relocating to Perth, where she will earn double the money and pay half the tax. Why would one not go? We must look at international comparisons. We cannot act as if there is a wall around us and what we do here does not have any influence on how people behave. Deputy Boyd Barrett's tax rate would probably close down the IT industry in Dublin-----

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