Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

My answer is twofold. In the last budget, which only kicked in in January, there was a tax package that I fought hard for. That tax package resulted in income tax being reduced for 2 million people, including the vast majority of mortgage holders in the State and Deputy McDonald's party voted against that. It is a simple fact that workers in Ireland would pay more income tax under Sinn Féin, and that people would take home less pay under Pearse than they do under Paschal.

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