David Cullinane (Sinn Fein)

I have. Many people who are not paying the charge are not paying it because it is unfair and regressive. They are not paying it because somebody who earns €10,000 a week pays the same as somebody who earns €10,000 a year. That is unfair. If people say that anyone who does not pay the household charge is subverting the State and democracy, that is shameful. The Government should be properly funding local government so that it has money.