Taoiseach Accused Of 'Electioneering' By Defending Calls For Tax Break

The call comes from three Fine Gael Junior Ministers.

A midlands TD has accused the Taoiseach of 'posturing' and 'pure electioneering' after he defended a call for tax cuts in the Budget.

The call for a €1,000 tax break for workers came from three Fine Gael Junior Ministers, Longford Westmeath TD Peter Burke, Kildare South Deputy Martin Heydon and Jennifer Carroll Mac Neil.

Laois Offaly Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen says the Taoiseach should be above 'party politics.'

He says making early demands diminishes the Budgetary process:

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