Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

-----so he has probably missed the statement made by the Minister for Finance here last week in which he made it clear that the Government intends to settle the promissory note issue by way of a long-term Government bond. That is a matter we will be returning to.

Deputy Adams describes the household charge as unfair but it is not quite as unfair as the household charge his party and Ministers in Northern Ireland charge. The average annual household charge in Northern Ireland is £1,259.

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