Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

——who fear what will be said about them? Where are the Green Party? Is it getting ready to put up the tent in Ballybrit? Where are the Progressive Democrats? Where are the men who stood by the Republic who cannot even stand up and come into the Dáil and exercise their franchise? This debate is about two Irelands. It is about the Ireland of the ordinary people who are tax compliant. It is about taxi drivers who look for tax clearance certificates so they can get to their place of employment. It is about publicans who must have their tax clearance certificates. It is about the small builder who must and is obliged to present his tax clearance certificate to the county council before he can get money for the grant to build an extension for a disabled person. It is about the plasterer——

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