Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

It is not just utility bills. It is not just the kind of sense that "we are watching you and we are going to get you". It is not just the "you can run but you can't hide" approach. He has added to that now. This week, we were told that local authority officials would be knocking on doors to collect the charge. No one really or seriously believes that is a good idea. In fairness to the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, she came out quickly last evening, with her commendable common sense approach, to say that was never a prospect and could never be a prospect.

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