David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The top rate of tax was cut, which obviously benefited the higher earners, but the water charges negated any saving that would be made by those at the bottom. That is an independent report, it is not from me or from Sinn Féin. There is no doubt that we have increased inequality. For me, that is the price of being in government. I would hope that if Sinn Féin was ever in government in this State, at the end of a four or five-year cycle we would have fewer people in poverty and less inequality.