Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

As I stated, this Government has introduced a broad range of reforms across the spectrum here. For instance, there have been reductions in pension, the USC, the top rate of tax thing, the additional reduction here of 20% over €100,000. That means that for somebody who was on a pension of €125,000, when these reductions are in place he or she will be down to €71,000. That is a fairly significant shift from a Government that at least has set out its view of fairness and equality.

If Deputy Adams wants to go off and start language classes, he may do so. He has been speaking German - I do not know whether that was French, Spanish or Italian - and Irish and English.

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