Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Sinn Féin fully supports this proposal and all the Civil Engagement Group recommendations tabled today. It is noticeable and significant that, whenever proposals are made to tax wealth or claw back some of the reliefs on banks, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are entirely united. They oppose anything that may require those in the wealthiest parts of our society to pay even a small amount more. It is telling of where our politics are at and of what the debate will be in the coming year as we face local and European elections, and probably a general election. There is no reason to oppose a report that will at least detail what is possibly to be found from a wealth tax, but it is par for the course, unfortunately, for Fine Gael and its sister party, Fianna Fáil.