Kieran O'Donnell (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We need to bore into the reality of the abstract statements Sinn Féin is coming out with. Senator Conway-Walsh represents County Mayo and I represent County Limerick. Sinn Féin wants to tell people on low incomes who are trying to educate their families and pay their mortgages that they will not get any USC relief at all. It believes the money is needed for something else. Those two positions are not mutually exclusive. Sinn Féin needs to realise it cannot tax people to an extent that makes it burdensome to work. We need to get people back to work and put in place an environment that takes the burden off them. I suggest that Sinn Féin and its advisers should read this section of the Bill. I do not think they have read it to date.