Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

She said she suspected that legally we are entitled to water. She had no problem with excessive use of water and people being forced to pay for that. She makes the point that the Labour Party has become poacher turned gamekeeper and I believe she is correct in this regard. Can the Tánaiste stand over imposing another tax on all these people - the lowest 10% of people have only 3% of all the income - and leave the top 10%, which has 24% of the income, with practically no tax? The top 300 richest people in the country increased their wealth by €6 billion last year. The increased their wealth over two years in 2011 and 2012 by nearly €10 billion. The Tánaiste presided over that. They are not even asked to pay a 10% tax on that. A 10% tax on that wealth of €7 billion would amount to €700 million to invest in our water services.

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