David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Government cannot deal with any of that, but it has no difficulty introducing legislation that empties the pockets of low- and middle-income workers. She quoted a report that referred to the growing economy. The ESRI reports on the last two budgets referred to their being the most unfair and the most unequal. Here is what the Government could have done. If the Government cut the pay of the people at the top, it would hear no complaint from Sinn Féin - we would support it. It could substantially cut the pay of people earning more than €100,000 a year.