Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Doherty and I will have to agree to differ on this. It is not the first time we have debated it. It was debated last year and was debated right through the general election. Deputy Michael McGrath's and the Fianna Fáil position is not too far away from the Fine Gael position. He pitched middle income people as earning less that €80,000 and Fine Gael defined it as less than €70,000. The Labour Party position is not very different either. The three traditional parties, if you will forgive me for calling them that, are in and around the same space.

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