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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: They are not; they are still being dishonest and must be dragged by the ear into the truth forum. In Europe we need to get up-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: I must say-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: I have two points on expenditure. The Minister asked for suggestions and solutions in respect of the micro-budget. One solution is to increase corporation tax by 2.5%. This would not make corporations blink, be they domestic or foreign. It would produce a figure of €670 million on the basis of the last returned corporation profit figures. We should get over the sacred-cow...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: That a 5% surcharge be imposed on incomes of €120,000 and over.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: Yes. An income of €120,000 would attract a surcharge of €6,000. This would produce a sum of €520 million in total. The Minister should keep doing what he is doing in respect of productivity gains, but we must find a mechanism that is easily understood and fair on the surface and in the mathematics and algebra. The corporation tax is absolutely on the agenda because...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: We need a write-down, nothing more, nothing less.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: It is justified.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: I just told the Minister that all of them, for instance, Mr. Schäuble and Chancellor Merkel, are backtracking.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: Chancellor Merkel is backtracking.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: Does the Chairman want to hear the truth?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: I am not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: I am pressing for the truth.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: Excuse me, I led that charge.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: Not quite, but I will pause.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: It is different.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: I thank the Minister for his response and the Chairman for his forbearance. I remind the committee that Mr. Trichet commented recently that the ECB-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: He has recently commented retrospectively that the ECB did everything it could, and more, for Ireland. That is totally misleading. This adds to the public debate in a misleading sense. It was the other way round; this country saved the eurozone. That is why it is justified to keep insisting and spearheading for a serious debt write-down and a write-off of the promissory note. In fact, it...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: I thank the Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: They are moving targets.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)
Peter Mathews: It is like turning the clock back six years on income.