Simon Harris: “We wanted to avoid a cliff edge, where people would see diesel rise by 32 cents and petrol by 27 cents.”

Operating within a single currency would eliminate exchange rate risk, reduce transaction costs for businesses and consumers, and simplify cross-border trade and investment.

At present, a single person begins to pay the higher 40% rate of tax at €44,000.

That's why the Government is determined to increase housing supply while continuing to back practical supports like help to buy that make a real difference to people’s lives.

International financial services are a major Irish success story. Employment in the sector has grown from around 35,000 when I launched IFS2020 in 2015 to more than 60,000 today.