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Speaking on the Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage in the Dáil last week, there were pats-on-the-back for party colleagues and Minister for Finance Michael Noonan and Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Deputy Perry who Deputy Joe O'Reilly (Fine Gael) said were maintaining headline social welfare rates and avoiding increases to income tax. See this week's Celt for a round up of all our reps in Kildare St...