Taxation commission member 'stunned' by Varadkar remarks

Micheál Martin said he did not agree with Tánaiste's comment that recommendations were 'out of the Sinn Féin manifesto'

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar suggested that a number of recommendations made by the Commission of Taxation and Welfare were 'straight out of the Sinn Féin manifesto'. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos

A member of the expert group set up by the Government to examine tax has said he is "stunned" and "very disappointed" by Leo Varadkar's remarks on the group's work.

Leo Varadkar suggested that a number of the recommendations made by the Commission of Taxation and Welfare were "straight out of the Sinn Féin manifesto".