Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We have set out the broad parameters of the lack of progressiveness in the Government's USC proposals. We sought to address this again given the fact that those on the minimum wage in the State are hardest hit with regard to the challenges of rent, education costs and the different expenditures that people have. There is a necessity to move towards a living wage and we seek to ensure that there is a space available for people to be able to live on that living wage. Taking anyone earning less than €19,000 out of the USC allows for that. I will not push the matter any further.