Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome that the Minister is still here. I oppose this section because I fundamentally believe in social justice. That is the reason I joined Fine Gael. Like Senator Barrett I believe in a just society and so on. I also believed that the Labour Party believed in equality. Let us call a spade a spade. Society is not a level playing field. It never was and it never will be. We are not born equal but that does not mean we should not be treated equally or afforded equality of opportunity. That equality should be reflected in our tax system.