Dáil debates
Tuesday, 13 December 2005
Tax Yield.
2:30 pm
Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
The Minister appears to forget that, when someone fills his or her car with €40 of petrol, he or she is making a present of €25 to the Minister. These are real people with real families and real households. He forgets that when a person buys a new car costing €22,000, he or she makes a present of €8,500 to the Minister. He also forgets that when a young couple buys a house costing €300,000, they make a present of €100,000 to the Minister.
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