# tobin-tax - Wednesday 23 January, 2013
Concerns about jobs at the IFSC are among the reasons that Ireland has not signed up to implementing a levy on financial transactions despite Greece, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Germany and France all doing so.
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# tobin-tax - Tuesday 23 October, 2012
Its estimated the tax could yield as much as €57 billion if introduced on a EU-wide basis but concerns remain in Ireland that its introduction could see jobs transferred abroad.
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# tobin-tax - Friday 12 October, 2012
Proposals for a European financial transaction tax are wishful thinking – and won’t hinder the bankers, writes Arthur Doohan.
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# tobin-tax - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
Finance Minister Michael Noonan has rejected the introduction of a tax on financial market transactions but what do you think of the idea?
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The Finance Minister said Ireland would not adopt the tax unless Britain also did – over fears Irish jobs could be lost to London.
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# tobin-tax - Thursday 27 September, 2012
Imagine the difference €500million could make for our ailing health services – yet the Government is opposed, writes Labour MEP Nessa Childers.
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# tobin-tax - Friday 22 June, 2012
France, Germany, Italy and Spain agree to lobby for a €130 billion growth plan at next week’s summit in Brussels.
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# tobin-tax - Wednesday 25 April, 2012
A European Parliament committee allows countries to opt out of a transactions tax – a proposal Michael Noonan openly opposes.
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# tobin-tax - Wednesday 15 February, 2012
We’re running scared from the financial bogeymen, but our governments could easily take control, writes Martin O’Dea.
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# tobin-tax - Monday 30 January, 2012
A transaction tax would raise revenue for the government – but may encourage financial institutions to take their business elsewhere. What do you think?
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The French president is proposing to introduce a 0.1 per cent levy on financial transactions as well as a number of other reforms ahead of a re-election battle in April.
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# tobin-tax - Saturday 21 January, 2012
Ireland looks likely to come under heavy pressure over our corporate tax rate, after details emerged of a new set of proposals from the EU power-brokers.
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# tobin-tax - Monday 9 January, 2012
Nicolas Sarkozy has warned that France will go it alone with the controversial ‘Tobin tax’ if agreement is not reached.
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# tobin-tax - Saturday 10 December, 2011
Fianna Fáil’s finance spokesperson has warned that jobs could be at risk if Ireland had to adopt the tax while Britain opts out.
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# tobin-tax - Friday 9 December, 2011
Ireland’s one of the 26 Euro members signing up to a new financial agreement. Do you support our signing up?
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We try to cut through the legal language and figure out precisely what 26 EU members have signed up to in Brussels.
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Hungary may now also sign up to the deal agreed by euro members overnight – leaving the UK as the only EU member outside it.
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# tobin-tax - Tuesday 16 August, 2011
Michael Noonan shows cautious optimism after France and Germany outline plans for a Eurozone ‘financial government’.
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Sarkozy and Merkel want collective Eurozone ‘government’, and call on other countries to make laws balancing their budgets.
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# tobin-tax - Wednesday 9 March, 2011
The European Parliament gives its backing to a ‘Tobin Tax’ on all transactions, asking Brussels to investigate the €200bn plan.
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