Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In reality, the Fine Gael and Labour Party Government want to introduce the property tax. This is the same Government and the same political parties that made a promise prior to the general election. In the Fine Gael manifesto the words used were: "[An] annual, recurring residential property tax is unfair". In 1994, the then Deputy Enda Kenny said: "It is morally wrong, unjust and unfair to tax a person's home." Where do those words lie with the Taoiseach and the Fine Gael Party today? Clearly, there has been a departure from the party's earlier position that was evident back then.