Shane Ross (Independent)

I thank Senator Alex White for tabling this recommendation which I would have thought was self-evidently necessary. The elephant in the room in considering such tax incentives is that they have been abused in the past. They have been used to put things in various areas for political preference, as Members have just heard in this Chamber, as speakers have commented on how they have done a great job for County Leitrim or other areas and that such incentives have been used nakedly for electoral and political gain. That is the reason it is absolutely-----