Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister for his reply. As I indicated in my contribution, I did not expect that changing this would be on the Minister's agenda. I accept this as a pragmatic judgment. There is no harm in expressing the widespread feelings held by the public about such persons. Many people find their decision regrettable.

If tax liability were linked to citizenship then, unfortunately, there would be many renunciations of Irish citizenship. I am not sure that we necessarily want to force — in their eyes — our wealthiest people to renounce their Irish citizenship.