John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)

I am sorry, but the Minister is trying to provoke me. The Government is taking stealth taxes from the people by the day, if not the hour. While personal taxation has been reduced, everything that one buys, even down to a glass of water, is taxed. This Government would tax the air that we breathe if it could. That is how bad the situation is, with tax on absolutely everything.

The Minister must remember that the Government parties have been in power for nine years.

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