Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

While I acknowledge the Taoiseach's response and what has been done, it is simply not enough. These are the people who bailed out Ireland during the economic crisis. They paid higher amounts in income tax and the universal social charge was introduced. They also pay the local property tax and most of them paid their water charges, but they believe they have been forgotten and not reaped the rewards for their hard work. On the surface, many of them have good jobs and salaries, but they struggle to make ends meet and are time and cash poor. Will the Taoiseach give a commitment to the people he personally described as those who get up early in the morning that they will be looked after properly, not just given small tokens here and there when the budget is brought forward in October?

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