Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2023-12-12
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Paul Gavan (SF), Labour Panel

I wish to speak in favour of this recommendation. As Members may know, it has been Sinn Féin's consistent policy to support a wealth tax. Of course, this is just a request for a report on a wealth tax. It is simply to investigate what a wealth tax might actually bring in. For all the points that Senator Black has raised, namely, the issues of equality and of this society where we continue to see a small percentage of people, the 1%, getting richer even as working-class communities throughout the country struggle, it has to be worth an investigation.
It has to be worth an investigation. It is not surprising but it is disappointing that Fine Gael seems so completely closed-minded to this very reasonable and sensible proposal.

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Sitting date: 2023-12-12