Dáil debates

Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed)

UK Referendum on EU Membership

5:35 pm

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I am nearly finished.

He was taken to some part of the west and was told that basically, he would have to pay not tax if he set up his business there. His response was that was all very fine, not paying tax, but he asked where were the roads and said taxes have to be paid in order to have roads. He went on from that to say that the key issue facing Europe - Mr. Corbyn is now also saying this - is that unless we tax the multinationals and corporates to a far greater extent than we are doing now, the gap between rich and poor in Europe, which is growing spectacularly, will undermine the fabric of not just the European Union but social cohesion across Europe.

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