Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:74 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that research undertaken by the Revenue Commissioners indicates that a sizeable number of people earning over £250,000 per year are using substantial income tax avoidance measures and that nearly one in five of these earners pay tax at an effective rate of 20 per cent; his views on whether this is acceptable given the tax burden on ordinary workers; if he will publish the results of the research; the action, if any, he intends to take to ensure that high earners pay a fair tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1864/98]