Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2020-12-11
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Paul Gavan (SF), Labour Panel

Briefly, I wish to voice my support on this matter. I am always fascinated by the fact that the one thing that neither of the conservative parties opposite ever concede to do is to try to measure the wealth in this country. Every opportunity is taken to avoid doing that. As Senator Higgins has so eloquently pointed out, there has been a huge gain in wealth for the wealthiest, the top 1% in this country. All this recommendation is requesting is some information on this. Why should anyone be afraid of a report detailing where that wealth is actually at? Surely, in the interests of understanding where our country is at, all of us should be supporting the call for this report.

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Sitting date: 2020-12-11