Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The much-trailed claw backs merely altered this slightly. A person on €200,000 will gain four times as much as a person on the minimum wage. The Government can dress it up whatever way it wants, but fairness it is not. Of course, what most people will gain from the budget will be set against the new water charges they will begin to pay in January.

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