Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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71. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has held with officials in his Department regarding the consideration given to targeted income tax cuts for working middle-income families here in the context of Budget 2014 that is set to be unveiled in October 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35982/13]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, it is the standard practice for the Minister for Finance to review all tax expenditures and reliefs in the run up to annual Budget. It is also a long-standing practice of the Minister for Finance not to comment, in advance of the Budget, on any tax matters that might be the subject of Budget decisions.