Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

I want to ask the Taoiseach about the household charge he intends to introduce. I understand the proposals are to be brought before the Cabinet. As we adjourn for the summer break, will the Taoiseach tell the people, in particular those whose pay has been slashed and have been left in such vulnerable circumstances, when he proposes to introduce the household charge and precisely how much of a further burden he proposes to lay on already struggling families?

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