Tánaiste Micheál Martin has contradicted Fine Gael’s calls to concentrate on Budget measures to benefit middle-income earners, saying Fianna Fáil’s priority will always be "low-income workers".
The Fianna Fáil leader said that while all Government parties are in favour of cutting taxes, he was not going to preempt October’s Budget and that processes must be followed.
It comes days after in-fighting in the coalition after Fine Gael ministers Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Martin Heydon and Peter Burke wrote an opinion piece in the Irish Independent calling for €1,000 tax breaks for middle-income earners.
