Don’t panic about tax plans, says Minister Hanafin

The public should not panic about the proposals in the Commission for Taxation report or the McCarthy report, Minister for Social Welfare Mary Hanafin said in Cork yesterday.

Minister Hanafin, speaking after she addressed a conference in UCC, said that something like a “poverty risk assessment” would be carried out on all budget proposals by the Cabinet, so that it is looked at as an overall package.