Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

How does the Tánaiste imagine families will find an additional €400 or €500? Where are the exemptions? The media reports refer to deferrals of payment of the tax on the family home but a deferral is not a waiver. I ask the Tánaiste, at the very minimum, to reassure those who are out of work, who live on a pension and those who literally count the cents - not the euros, but the cents - month on month, as they try to meet their bills, that the Government will grant waivers. Even if the Government is minded to proceed with this crazy policy, I ask that the Tánaiste have the decency to take account of the reality of people's lives and to grant extensive waivers. I ask him to spell that out now.

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