Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)

On Committee Stage, the Minister indicated that he could not accept our amendments because they would give rise to a charge on the Exchequer. It was disrespectful to the Oireachtas that he could not agree to our amendments to reduce the registration fee and that he then made an announcement in this regard on the "Six One" news programme. This matter has been dealt with in a very disjointed fashion. There was no reason people could not have registered their septic tanks when registering for the household charge.

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