Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

Last night, more than 700 people packed into the Tower Hotel in Waterford to demand withdrawal of this Government's household and related taxes. The local media will confirm the details as they will for the 400 in Carlow on Monday night and similar meetings held from Wexford to Donegal on other nights. Last night, a very dignified pensioner asked me at the meeting if it was true that the Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, had one time condemned tax on the home as wrong, and I said that I would have the opportunity to ask him directly this morning. Does the Taoiseach recognise-----

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