Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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That is in the Bill itself, which we are working on. I was asked about the significant investment set out in my opening remarks to support families to lift their children out of poverty. That relates specifically to the targeted measures, although in terms of the thresholds for those measures, it depends ultimately on how one defines a middle income. I know there are variations in how we define that. Even now, however, my view about the thresholds is that they should reach some of those middle income earners in terms of the ways income is calculated. Obviously, the universal measures are there for everyone, including the middle tier and those lower income earners.