Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The headline element of the Minister's budget today is his income tax proposals. Having decided to go down the road of changing income tax, I honestly believe he has made a mess of it. Let me give the Minister a number of examples. We have heard all the rhetoric that this would be the budget to reduce the burden on low- and middle-income families. An individual working full-time and earning €32,000 a year will benefit from the Minister's income tax package by €174 a year.

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