Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I hope the Minister will convey the good wishes he conveyed to Deputy Wallace with other Deputies and parties who may be contesting the European and local elections.

My question relates to the recently published report by the Committee on Budgetary Oversight. Evidence given by Professor Micheál Collins from UCD suggested that tax expenditures could be costing the State between €5 billion and as much as €10 billion to €15 billion per annum. Is the Minister aware that more than 80% of these tax reliefs, once put into effect, have no sunset clauses? Some 23% of these reliefs have never been reviewed.

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