Research shows that Irish workers could see their wages hit by a 40% tax rate in line with a new universal basic income that has been proposed.
The ESRI has revealed that if the government was to roll out a payment worth €1,200 a month per person - regardless of their income - it would cost the state almost €50bn.
The report suggests that this universal basic income would be offered to everyone over the age of 18 and would be modelled off what is deemed “sufficient to live on".