Dan Boyle (Green Party)

I will make one important linkage. There is a variation between our VAT rates and our VAT rates are too high. We have too much dependence on spending taxes in this jurisdiction. However, the British tax rate in Northern Ireland will increase. We see the real variation when we consider the levels of pay that allow the cost of living in Northern Ireland in terms of the private sector, the public sector and social welfare rates. That is what we need to debate in this country, not only in terms of our ongoing debate but events that will be crystallised on 9 December.