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- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: Ireland is unique because it is the only country in the OECD to have achieved this. The figures do not take account of the further improvements we made in the 2007 budget. Married one-earner couples on the average industrial wage in this State are uniquely placed compared with their counterparts in all other OECD countries in that they pay less in income tax and social security...
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: There are spending taxes in every OECD country. What is the Deputy on about?
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: The Deputy cannot have it both ways. That is his problem.
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: One can have it both ways if one is in opposition. We have established that much.
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: We have established the situation.
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: I certainly will not try to have it both ways.
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: The Deputy will have to grow up if he comes over to this side of the House. That is the problem.
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: The argument that the only way to assist married one earner couples in the tax system is through the home carer credit exclusively is flawed. As I said, a range of tax changes have helped such couples in the same way as they have helped other couples and single persons. We have transformed the situation in the sense that there is a much lower interest rate regime, far greater wage growth,...
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: The Deputy acknowledges no progress.
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: For the recordââ
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: I apologise, but for the recordââ
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: ââunder our tax code, a married single earner couple at the average industrial wage is placed uniquely among the OECD countries.
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: I do not refer to single people but to a married couple with a single earner.
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: It is true.
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: It does not suit the Deputy's argument.
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: People in France and Germany pay much higher tax rates.
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: There are such policies.
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: It proves we have a far more family-friendly taxation system than the Deputy is prepared to concede.
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: It certainly does.
- Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)
Brian Cowen: How many of them were in the tax system when the Deputy was in office?