Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)

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I suggest, for example, adding a travel surcharge to private jets or increasing the second home tax by a measly €100 euro. What about increasing the levy on incomes over €200,000 or placing more on the cigarettes? I was amused to see one of the headlines refer to the pint as having been saved in the budget. Slap more excise duty on the pint of plain if it means extra funding for our children any day. And what about the dogs and horses grant referred to earlier, although I would prefer if that went towards minority sports? I was also interested to hear about savings in Minister O'Dea's Department. Is any of this up for grabs?

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