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

For a man who is denying being defensive, the Deputy will not let me get a word out. I ask the Deputy to let me conclude. Before the Deputy interrupted me, I was making the point to him that the average wage is €46,000 per annum. There is a good case to be made that somebody on €46,000 should not be paying the higher rate of income tax. I am also making the case, which I stand over, that anybody who is on €38,000 per annum will benefit more from the implementation of the budget I am bringing forward than they would from Sinn Féin's alternative budget.