Sinn Féin says the government shouldn’t bother with any tax cuts in next year’s Budget – because there’s too little money.
It’s after the Summer Economic Statement revealed that the so-called ‘fiscal space’ for new measures is only half a billion euro.
That doesn’t factor in the cost of water charges refunds, or the money needed for the new public sector pay deal.
And with two-thirds of the remainder being put to spending increases, Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty says tax cuts must wait:
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