Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I must compliment Deputy Mary Lou McDonald as she said that at least people should pay the property tax as it was the law of the land.

I am surprised the other so-called socialists, Deputies Joe Higgins and Richard Boyd Barrett, are not in the Chamber. In the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council area 90.53% of those liable for the household charge paid it. I am not surprised Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett is not supporting the Sinn Féin Bill. In the Dublin City Council area, where Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh has campaigned heavily against the household charge, up to 80% have paid it.

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