Varadkar accused of floating 'nonsense' over introduction of new income tax band

Tanaiste Leo Varadkar has tested positive for Covid-19. File Picture: Damien Storan/PA Wire

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has been accused of "dog whistling" and of floating "nonsense" in suggesting that a new income tax band be introduced for middle income earners.

Leo Varadkar, who is isolating today as he tested positive for Covid-19, has put forward the possibility of a new 30% income tax rate, which would benefit the squeezed middle and has asked Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe to examine the idea.