Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----the Association of Higher Civil and Public Servants voted overwhelmingly against this proposal, simply because its members were targeted by the Government for bigger contributions from higher salaries. Consequently, it is blatantly untrue for the Deputy to state there is or has been no focus on those who earn most to pay most. As I told the Deputy, the marginal tax rate and the pension-related deduction for a person now in receipt of a salary of more than €100,000 is 62.5%. The Deputy simply seeks to tax people out of existence with some vision-----

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