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Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: We have taken 52,000 taxpayers out of the tax net. As we brought in the minimum wage, we will not listen to any nonsense from them——

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: ——regarding taking people on the minimum wage being taken out the tax net.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: This budget provides a tax package of €900 million. In the time of the rainbow coalition it was £499 million in a full year. We have given a substantial benefit to taxpayers——

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: ——on the minimum wage by taking them out of the tax net. This is a substantial achievement of this budget.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: The increase we have given regarding the rates and the bands will ensure that all taxpayers earning the average industrial wage in 2006 will pay tax at the lower rate.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: Shame on the Opposition parties for being critical. We thought they would not have the hard neck to oppose the budget.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: When this debate finishes we will issue the press releases to inform the people that Labour and Fine Gael have opposed the increases for old-age pensioners, children, families and the unemployed.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: Is Deputy Broughan still telling jokes in here?

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: I will send the Deputy down the glen in a moment.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: I was somewhat bemused to learn a couple of minutes ago that there was to be a change in the scheduling of speakers. The reason for the confusion was not really explained to me. The schedules of some Members on this side of the House have been put back all day because of the raucous behaviour of Opposition Members on the Order of Business this morning. Some of us are in some difficulty as a...

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: All right. I would like to hear what the Deputy has to say because he is always entertaining, particularly on social welfare issues. I would like to share time with Deputies O'Donoghue, Conor Lenihan and Parlon.

Order of Business (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: It is the return of the Pink Panther.

Order of Business (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: Deputy Quinn's veil of respectability always slips when somebody is in trouble.

Order of Business. (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: Here comes Ruairí looking for a head.

Order of Business. (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: We will take no lectures from Deputy Quinn about democracy.

Order of Business. (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: There is always a debate at Cabinet.

Order of Business. (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: We thought Deputy Ring had gone to Labour.

Order of Business. (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: Nothing. The Opposition is trying to hide the budget.

Order of Business. (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: I was looking for some of the Deputy's colleagues.

Order of Business (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Dermot Ahern: Is Deputy Quinn not satisfied? Has he no heart? He has come far ahead.