Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I read in the Sunday Independent last Sunday that Deputies Olivia Mitchell, Eoghan Murphy and Mary Mitchell O'Connor, to mention a few, are extremely concerned about the unfairness of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill and in particular its application to Dublin house owners, who will be expected to pay six times more than the owner of an identical house outside of Dublin. This is an issue of great concern for people throughout the country. Despite the fact that we warned about this during the guillotining of the Bill before Christmas, when it was rammed through in a matter of days in a very unsatisfactory manner, it now seems that Members on the Government benches are waking up to the full implications of that legislation.

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