Duncan Smith

This, like...

borrowed to save strategy is absolutely bizarre.

No other modern state does it.

And this government in the last budget decided to give a tax cut to the hospitality sector, which was

are and are promising more tax cuts.

Protecting jobs, according to the government?

Well, we'll see how many jobs it protects.

We'll see if it has any increase in reducing the price at the counter.

What it will do is it will help massive fast food chains and their profitability.

We know that for a fact that that's what it will help.

But we're literally, we've spent 10 minutes discussing resourcing our health services.

We've housing, we've education.

We're not going to be able to build any new school buildings because the Department of Education is in such financial hock.

Yet, what is this new Minister for Finance promising?

The Taoiseach is promising more tax cuts.

So it doesn't add up.

This government have brought in tax cuts that aren't needed.

We're not resourcing public services.

Lots of people might be very happy about tax cuts.

They may be.