Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I will briefly recap why, because I think it is important to be clear about this. The way I would have understood a tax increase is that there will be a decrease in people's take-home pay as a result of different changes that are being made. We expect to see incomes grow within our economy next year. We expect that, as a result of incomes growing by and large, people's after-tax income will be higher.