BUDGET 2016: Opposition parties: Budget is ‘the beginning of next artificial boom’
They said it mirrors its 1977, 2002, and 2007 election-focused predecessors which were so tailored to interest groups that they caused years of recession.
Responding to the €1.5bn tax cut and benefits hikes in the Dáil, TDs from the left and right lined up to lash out, saying the housing crisis, fears of a fresh international financial crisis, inequality, and lessons of the past have been ignored.
