Sir, – Enda Kenny has made a big issue of people noticing take-home pay increasing in January 2015 and has run into trouble by claiming people were ringing him to thank him for it. I would like to inform him and your readers that my wife’s pay has dropped by €60 per fortnight in her first wage packet of 2015. Her USC has fallen by €6, but her PAYE rose by €57, the rest has been made up by increases in her pensions deduction. Her basic pay has remained the same.
No matter what Enda might say, €60 less is not an increase, though he might try to spin it as a “turn of phrase”. – Yours, etc,
CONAN DOYLE,
Pococke Lower,
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Kilkenny.