Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)

The Minister has refused to do so. This party contributed very constructively to this debate and I agreed with, and spoke on, a number the amendments Senator Zappone tabled. The Minister has refused to restate the Government's commitment not to increase income tax rates. We are dealing with a section on income tax. I have asked the Minister to repeat that commitment but he has refused to do so and one can only draw conclusions from that.