Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)

This will be a very dog-eared document in about 12 months' time.

I have one final question for the Minister. The programme for Government states that it is "committed to maintain the current rates of income tax, together with bands and credits". Yet page 32 of this agreement states that the Government is committed to a lowering of personal income tax bands and credits. In his reply, I would like the Minister to reconcile those two statements and tell us exactly where we stand.

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