Aideen Hayden (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I will be brief because I made my Second Stage speech. I need to remind Senator Fidelma Healy Eames that instead of making a cut of €2.2 billion in the budget, the Government provided an extra €500 million. I object to the talk of removing taxes. There is a major issue with tax in the case of those who are low paid. We need to remove the tax burden from them, about which there is no question. However, I do not want this conversation to be dominated by tax cuts, as we must think about service povision. What about those who want good quality services for people with disabilities or good quality child care services? What about those who want good quality hospitals when they are sick and old?