Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

They also knew that in the North they were in control of district and regional rates. Did the northern head say to Little Red Riding Hood that those rates would be cut? No, it said to Little Red Riding Hood - the public - that those rates would be increased. The little southern head, when asked to introduce a household charge similar to that brought in by the northern head, said: "No, no, no."

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