Dan Boyle (Green Party)

If people want to avoid a knee-jerk reaction to the Minister's announcement, I advise them to read the editorial in today's Irish Examiner, which clearly sets out the need for a review.

In regard to the article in the Irish Independent on the prospect of a property tax, a budget will be introduced in December and this will determine whether such a tax is introduced. I refer Senator Cummins to the report by the Commission on Taxation and Professor Honohan's report on the banking crisis, which noted that tax stability brought us to our current position in respect of public expenditure.