Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2020-12-11
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Rónán Mullen (IND), National University of Ireland

I did not give an extensive rationale for the reason the first part of the proposed recommendation deals with public officeholders. There is a very obvious difference between being Member of the Dáil or the Seanad, a judge or the Attorney General, or someone like that, and being in the private sector. Generally speaking, we are cushioned in a way that people in the private sector and county councillors are not.

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Sitting date: 2020-12-11