Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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I understand that but I am not talking about these pressures but about statistics and how the Government defines a low, middle and high income earner which is important in the debate. Accordingly, when we decide to cut taxes for middle-income earners, are we actually cutting taxes for high income earners which the Government decided to brand as middle-income earners? I am trying to understand the rationale behind how the Government has taken the €70,000 mark as somebody on a middle income. Of the 2.1 million taxpayer units in the State, what percentage of them earn above €70,000? That might be a way of figuring out if they are in the middle or upper end?