Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I strongly agree with Deputy Varadkar's final point. The Minister should engage in a proper debate about providing adequate funding for local government. If the motion before us proposed to introduce a carbon tax from 1 January, I have no doubt it would receive unanimous support in the Chamber. However, the proposal is, pure and simple, a rip-off of motorists and cannot be described as a rebalancing of motor taxation.

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