TD wage cuts and wealth tax in SF budget ideas

CUTS in wages for TDs and ministers, capping the pay of civil servants at €100,000, and a wealth tax are among Sinn Féin’s proposals to cut €4.67 billion in next year’s Budget.

The party hit out at other parties who “poke fun” at their Budget proposals, and said Labour, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are part of a “consensus for cuts”.

Its proposed adjustment would be made up of two-thirds taxes and one-third spending cuts.