A chara, – On October 2nd, our Taoiseach stood on the floor of the Dáil and said;
“The fundamental issue of the Programme for Government here is that there would not be – and will not be – any income tax increases . .. So your assertion that people are going to be faced with that is simply not true, and will be vindicated and justified by the Minister for Finance,”
The Minister for Finance then proceeded to announce a change to the Single Parent Family Tax Credit that cost me and thousands of working separated fathers like me, €2,490 per year in increased income tax.
To date, he has not had the courtesy to tell me whether he was lying, has made a big mistake in costing or simply does not care about the further marginalisation of single fathers in Ireland.
Perhaps he might read this and reply. – Yours etc.
DARA O’BRIEN,
Maudlin Court,
Thomastown, Kilkenny.