Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Ceann Comhairle. The fact is Deputies know that what I am saying is accurate. People in the North pay rates for which they receive services which are denied to householders in this state. I refer to refuse collections, water services, prescriptions and free schoolbooks for their children. We have in this state perhaps the largest potholes in the western world.

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