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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: The next speaker is Professor John FitzGerald.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: I thank Professor FitzGerald. I call Professor Tim Callan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Was the fall of 14% for the bottom income groups the average?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: What is the percentage for the top income group?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Is the Senator's mobile telephone switched on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: I ask everybody to ensure all mobile phones are switched off.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: To explain, that is not the practice.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: I note that there was no such proposal. Had there been, the joint committee would have taken a decision on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: A Senator was present.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Point taken.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: We will come back to that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: That was with the National Economic and Social Council.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: I know that Mr. Donal de Buitléir wanted to come in on the point about progressivity, but perhaps we might wait until we get the question. Do you wish to have further clarification, Deputy Collins?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Does it make the system more sustainable? Is that it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: I intended to ask a few questions on that issue. Perhaps Dr. Donal de Buitléir might respond to the question of whether it is progressive, how it is and so on with regard to the points made by Mr. Cormac Staunton. I was wondering about the budget. I am not an economist, but to try to figure it out, I looked closely at the tables provided in which the effective rates of tax were...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Moreover, they cannot receive family income supplement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: In addition, such persons cannot receive family income supplement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Especially when one-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: CSO figures for household income are split up. Children have to come into the picture. If a person has four children and is on, say, €70,000 with a spouse who is not working, the CSO divide it up to disposable income. Is that not part of the picture?