Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Where was the clearing house for those who said we could not have more income tax increases? The fact is the Government listens to the people to balance the situation where jobs can be created, while the most vulnerable get the opportunity, in so far as is humanly possible, to have comforts and services provided for them by the State. I do not accept the Deputy’s assertion that the clearing house operates only at the higher level. The Deputy does not have any imprimatur to claim he represents the strata of society that only has difficulties.

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