Cian O'Callaghan: “A previous stamp duty cut took place at the end of the Celtic Tiger era, at which point the country was promised it…”

Next week's budget needs to address what he described as the "repeated failure" of recent governments to help wider society and those most in need.

This includes public patients with cancer. An early cancer diagnosis can save a life. Delayed diagnosis can be fatal.

It takes place at weekends because of the way CUMH and the Rotunda operates their rosters.

That's the level of support pensioners living alone got in yesterday's budget, the equivalent of a butter voucher.