A fair Budget will help secure the recovery for all – McFadden

“This Government understands that a lot of people have made real sacrifices to help this country recover – we won’t waste that sacrifice. Raising the threshold for the top rate of tax to almost €34,000  will help thousands of people have a secure income, while cutting the top rate to 40% also helps to ease the burden on hard working families. Another 80,000 people have been taken out of the Universal Social Charge (USC) net – meaning this Government has removed more than 400,000 people from having to pay the charge since coming into office.