Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We will be on a knife edge very quickly if we start using unexpected increases in receipts to reduce the taxes that pay for day to day spending. The Deputy referred to the increase in corporation tax receipts. The Minister for Finance has stated we will not use large increases in revenue in specific tax brackets to reduce tax levels for everybody or to fund large increases in public expenditure. To do so would bring us to a knife edge.