Pearse Doherty
Question:63 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on the analysis of Callan, Keane, Savage and Walshe as detailed in Figure 1 page 49 and the Conclusion on page 55 of the ESRI special articles, distributional impact of tax, welfare and public sector pay policies 2009-2012 (24.2.12), where the authors conclude that Budget 2012 involved greater proportionate losses for those on low incomes, reductions of about 2% to 2.5% for those with the lowest incomes, as against losses of about 0.75% for those on the highest incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15076/12]
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