Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach is saying that it is too early to say what the budgetary figures will be, but this did not stop him from making a promise which people took at face value. If one walked into a shop advertising a 15% reduction on all goods only to find there was just one small rail where that reduction applied, one would be a disappointed customer and probably would not return to the shop. This is the kind of thing that gives politics a bad name. The reality is that people heard the commitment given that Fine Gael councillors would deliver a 15% reduction in the property tax. In the autumn we will see local government pitched against national government, and the Taoiseach holds all the cards in that situation.

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