Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will start by taking up the point just made by Deputy Collins. On my behalf and that of the Government, I wish to thank the Irish people for their extraordinary patience and compliance. Had anyone suggested at the introduction of this new tax that we would obtain a compliance rate of about 90% within a short number of months, he or she would not have been believed. That is an extraordinary sign of the compliance and the support of the people for this Government. They know the direction in which we want to go. Shouting, roaring and screaming about things will not solve our problems.

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