Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

—— into the suburbs and then to Kildare, Laois, Westmeath and other areas. It forced them there because it would not control land prices. The price of housing was allowed to increase while planning was encouraged in these areas. The Government party in particular was active in this regard. Now, it will penalise them for travelling and they do not have public transport as an alternative.

In my constituency, there is inadequate public transport to get to and from Dublin. The Government has not done the work on the roads and when one gets near Dublin, the traffic stops. One uses up what will be very expensive petrol in the traffic jams. It will cost commuters coming to Dublin to work approximately €5 per fill, and one needs to fill twice per week to come from where I do in north Kildare. This green envy tax will now affect those commuters coming into Dublin. Out of pure envy and spite, the Green Party could not let it go and wants €200 from everyone who can park for free near their place of work. This is nothing other than Green Party envy and should be labelled as such.

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