Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It was to adjust the tax system to allow for the creation of jobs and investment in the economy through measures such as the reduction in VAT for the hospitality sector, the abolition of the air travel tax and the introduction of the home extension tax credit, which has created several thousand jobs to the benefit of everybody. I do not accept the Deputy's argument that the Government is focusing on the very wealthy.

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