Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

The following quote is useful. It states, "The impact of the tax changes in this budget are progressive, those who have more will pay more, while those who have less will pay less." This is also the situation when we analyse the cumulative impact of all Government initiatives in this area for 2009. The quote goes on to state, "The changes introduced in the public sector's pension related deduction are progressive and welcome." This quote is not from IBEC, the Construction Industry Federation or the Irish Bankers Association. It is from CORI, the organisation led by Fr. Seán Healy. Not to quote it out of context, I acknowledge that CORI is critical of other aspects of the budget. I want to be fair to CORI. It is worth reflecting on what others have to say at this time.

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