Sir, – Denis Costello (December 16th) seems to take issue with recent comments by Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore that it may be possible to reduce income tax as the economy recovers.
Unlike Mr Costello, I am sure the many thousands of hard-pressed families who have borne the brunt of the recession over the past few years either through job losses, emigration or a drop in income would welcome such any such move by Government.
Lifting the burden of taxation on households would enable those people, whose sacrifices and hard work made this week’s bailout exit possible, to share in the gains of economic recovery. It would also reward in real terms the resilience and patience of the Irish people in helping to turn the economy around.
I think the Tánaiste’s acknowledgment that we should do what we can to ease the pressure on those families who have been under much distress as a direct result of what happened to the economy, is something that should be welcomed. – Yours, etc,
CATHAL McCANN,
Riverstown,
Dundalk,
Co Louth.