The Taoiseach has hit out at a budget proposal from one of his own Fine Gael ministers.

Enda Kenny says proposals for a lower tax rate for emigrants, proposed by Mary Mitchell O'Cononor, would be 'discriminatory and unfair'.

Mitchell O'Connor wants a 30% effective tax rate - instead of the usual 49.5% - for skilled emigrants earning over €75,000 a year, in an effort to entice them home.

Kenny's comments came after the Fianna Fáil leader dismissed the idea as "bananas".

Our political correspondent Gavan Reilly filed this report for Today FM's National Lunchtime News: