The Taoiseach says next week's budget will deliver around at least an extra 1 thousand euro to workers.
It'll come through tax cuts and one-off payments.
Leo Varadkar says he wants to reward 'work' and make sure people 'keep money in their pockets'.
He's told the Irish Independent a 'generous' tax package on Tuesday will include cuts to income tax and USC.
However Labour's Aodhán Ó Riordáin doesn't believe tax cuts are necessary or the way forward:
"Certainly we don't believe that you can have a sort of a tax cut agenda, but at the same time pretending that you can invest in public services. You need to make a choice. And the choice for us is making childcare affordable, delivering on housing, delivering an education, delivering on services".
