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

I am conscious that even though a person has a level of income that is seen as being high for many people, the outgoings a person will have off that level of income could also be high. I am conscious that many people who might be seen by others to have a relatively high level of income might, for example, have a very expensive mortgage and a lot of outgoings because of children and so on. The take-home pay obviously goes down but what they have left after they meet all their outgoings can in many cases be a moderate amount of money.