Kieran Coughlan: Shocking reality is Ireland has a progressive income tax system
As outlined last week in this column this tax committee is made of senior officials and advisors from the Departments of Finance, Taoiseach, Public Expenditure and Reform, Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Social Protection and the Revenue Commissioners with the purpose of proposing and considering the various options for the Budget and for the medium and longer term.
On Social Protection, The TSG papers outlines that some 1.45 million people were in receipt of some manner of weekly welfare payment in respect of 2.22 million.
