We are focused on reducing income tax, the cost of childcare and the cost of disability while at the same time safeguarding our future by investing in our Future Ireland Fund and the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund.
Micheál Martin: “We are focused on reducing income tax, the cost of childcare and the cost of disability while at the same time…”
On the recordSeptember 8, 2026
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Micheál Martin
Fianna Fáil
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Outlining commitments for the upcoming budget.
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It is a concern, because we have to be very mindful of the fact that quite a significant amount of that may be windfall, may be once off and may not be there forever.
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What I would say to balance the fact that we are, yes, depending - overly dependent - on corporation tax revenues, we are using it for the productive sector, so it's the productive capacity of the economy.
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But I think the more important issue is - and to a certain respect some of the studies we’ve done in the Shared Island Unit have revealed - the differences, the divergences that have occurred in 100 years.





