Tánaiste Micheál Martin has issued a fiery response to Fine Gael ministers publicly calling for Budget measures.
He told the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party that “Ministers of State writing op-eds is not helpful” and “undermines” the budget process.
It comes after Fine Gael Ministers of State Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Martin Heydon, and Peter Burke wrote an article in the Irish Independent calling for tax breaks of up to €1,000 for middle-income earners.