Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent)

I did, but now I am talking about the Minister of State and his party. When they were over here they knew everything. I have an e-mail from a person in South Tipperary, a haulier, who states, "We are currently purchasing 33,000 litres of diesel in Belgium and 19,000 in Luxembourg per month". Imagine that. Why? The reason is the following difference in prices: 7 cent difference between our price and that in Belgium and 12 cent between our price and that in Luxembourg. Who are we codding? The hauliers who can afford to go abroad are lucky. The people at home cannot go. They are being extinguished from business and the lifeblood is being driven out of them. If the Government increases VAT we will then face another increase on 1 May, of 1.6% in carbon tax.

All the lies the Minister of State told-----

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