Seán Ardagh (Dublin South Central, Fianna Fail)

Increasing taxation is anathema to the development of the economy of this country for the future. Low taxation rates are the reason the economy is doing well, employment has gone up from 1 million to 2 million over a short period, gross national product has greatly increased and a great deal of foreign direct investment has come into Ireland. That is why there is so much more money in the pocket of every worker in this country and the quality of life has improved so much for so many people. Sinn Féin wants to create a head-to-head conflict with the workers on one side and business on the other, and to let them battle it out. It wants to create strikes and have days lost at work. All the ingredients for total disarray in the economy are included in what Sinn Féin is talking about today.

Sinn Féin should join up with Deputy Joe Higgins. He is the Socialist Party in the House.

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