Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There are 63 amendments to be discussed in such a short time, which is extremely unfair. On the night this tax was mooted in the budget, where was the Minister, Big Phil the enforcer, but in Doha at some kind of a world conference. That is how little he perceives the trauma being experienced by people. The Minister mentioned houses flooded by the Dodder but there are hundreds of houses threatened in Clonmel all the time whose owners cannot get insurance. Large sums of money have been spent but those people have not been recognised by the Minister.

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