Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The poorest 10% of people in the country are being asked to give up the most. The next poorest 10% in the country are being asked to give up the next amount. A study of 80%of the population will show a correlation between poverty and how much budget 2014 takes from the poorest.

We all know the budget has to be closed but it does not have to be closed in this way. I bet the Tánaiste could not find a single Fine Gael or Labour Party Deputy willing to go on television to defend the budget and explain why it is right and proper that the poorest people in this country are being asked to give up the most in this budget.

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