Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

I suggest this constitutes a massive revolt against the disastrous policy of austerity pursued by the Government and its predecessor. That policy is creating havoc in our society because ordinary people are being fleeced in order that the speculators might be bailed out.

I put it to the Tánaiste that in a major article on the household tax yesterday, The New York Times was much more correct in its analysis than has been the case with the Government and many in the Irish media by identifying the wellspring of anger relating to this issue which is driving a massive national boycott. Will the Tánaiste read the article to which I refer?

Does the Tánaiste understand that the Mahon tribunal report - published today - will remind our people of the enormous greed and corruption of a tiny elite-----

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