David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister asks us to support a grossly unfair, unjust and regressive tax which is not based on ability to pay. The family home does not raise revenue or generate income. The Government can do this through other taxes. The Minister has had any amount of options in the past two budgets to raise taxes on the wealthy and higher earners, but he has failed to do so. Instead, the Government is putting in place crippling, unfair and unjust taxes which are supported by Fianna Fáil.