Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Government proposed revenues of €90 million for the first year. That is 0.1 of 1% of the profits of the multinational corporations. Why does it not ask them rather than saying it has got to get €90 million in the year. That is the thin end of what is going to be an ever-expanding wedge, as other Deputies have explained. The only Government Deputies present are those who are next to speak.

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