Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is correct. I am getting very tired and very used to hearing the Government saying that this particular tax is justified on the basis that is broadening the tax base. It is doing nothing of the sort. What this tax is doing is draining those who are already empty of juice. It is hitting those in negative equity, those who have mortgage arrears, those who have already paid stamp duty, which is a form of property tax, and the vulnerable. Many people on this side of the House and on the Government benches, if the truth be known, are shattered by the news that the Revenue Commissioners will be the body specially selected to collect this tax. Why was the Revenue Commissioners selected?

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