Family €1,000 tax break row

A Coalition row has broken out over Fine Gael’s call for a €1,000 tax cut in the Budget.

Fianna Fáil is furious over what it described as “populist”, “uncosted” and “nuts” pre-Budget “kite- ying” by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s party.

Fine Gael is pushing for considerably larger tax cuts for workers on the average house- hold income than in previous budgets, amid projections of record surpluses over the next four years. e call for tax relief of more than €1,000 for full-time workers on an average wage of €52,000 would cost the Exchequer around €1.5bn a year, according to Fine Gael.

Mr Varadkar also con rmed