Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The bottom line for today is that low-income and middle-income earners in urban areas have been absolutely nailed by the Government. I welcome the small number of positive measures in the budget, but the main thing is that people who are paying their taxes and working to live will have to do so even further. It is a regressive budget. We should discuss it next week in the cold light of day, after we have had a chance to go through the positive and negative aspects of it properly. We would be able to have a more informed debate in such circumstances.