Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Of course, Sinn Féin will tell us that a whole range of services are received in return, with exceptions. Free bin collection - I do not think so. In the North there is no automatic entitlement to free school uniforms, buses, or school meals as Sinn Féin would have us believe. While there are grants and exemptions which can be applied for by social welfare recipients, the rates are far lower than ours and there are no back-to-school grants. The children's allowance given to families in the North is less than half of what we provide and is quickly taken back in taxes from even middle-income earners. Despite the fact that families in the North receive a rawer deal than down here, Sinn Féin has never sought to have property taxes in Northern Ireland abolished.

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