Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

That, in the currency that Deputy Adams would like to put at risk, is €1,428. It was increased by 2.5% by the Deputy's colleagues in the budget they voted through. In February 2012, there was another round of increases, some as high as 5.9%. Deputy Adams is very quick to draw attention to what my party colleagues have to say about the household charge. When his colleagues in Northern Ireland bring the charge there down to the level in this State, he may come in here and feel free to accuse us of being unfair.

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