Taoiseach also announced €2 million in additional funding for the Irish Arts Centre in New York City
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said in New York that there would be financial supports announced in the Budget to help families to pay their energy bills this winter. Photograph: Julien BehalTaoiseach Leo Varadkar signalled he wanted to see tax cuts in the forthcoming Budget, as he continued his visit to the United States.
Speaking at the Irish Arts Centre in New York on Friday, he said his priority had been the reduction in income tax and universal social charge . He said the introduction of a third rate of taxation was not something for which he had been pushing very hard. “The priority for me is that we reduce income tax and USC, that people get to keep more of the money there. I know there are some people in politics, particularly on the left, who believe that a tax cut is the Government giving you money. It’s not. A tax cut is the Government [allowing] you keep more of the money you earned in the first place.”
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