Burton: Rewards to be small scale and year by year

Tánaiste Joan Burton has warned it would be foolish to let the country’s savings fritter away and strongly indicated any reward for people who struggled through the recession will be on a small scale, year by year.

The Labour Party leader said any changes to taxes or take-home pay for workers would be implemented over a cycle of budgets and not just next year.

Speaking at the parliamentary party’s pre-Dáil think-in yesterday, she reflected on recent positive exchequer and employment figures but struck a note of caution.