Government defends tax breaks for high-earning tech workers

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade & Employment, Louise O'Reilly, TD has called for the tax breaks for high net-worth individuals to be abolished.

The Government has strongly defended controversial tax breaks for "cosseted" highly paid workers in big tech firms, saying calls to abolish them would damage the economy.

Ministers have said tax breaks for multi-millionaires including subsidising private school fees are necessary, saying Sinn Féin calls to abolish them would “gamble” away our economic security.