Ray Butler (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Many of them wanted it be voluntary but a good few wanted it to be mandatory. We had a group from the Self Employed Alliance before the committee and the members of that group, representing everybody from the baker to the candlestick maker, namely, the small man operating a business and employing one or two people, were all in favour of the mandatory payment of a new stamp. We must remember------