Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Since 2011, up to €13 billion has been raised through the USC, €2 billion through the pension levy and close to €1 billion through the property tax. This has been an enormous gouging of moneys from the pockets of workers over recent years. We were told the property tax would improve local services. The USC was to be a social charge, while we discovered that the pension levy was not a pension levy at all. Essentially, for all that was gouged out of people’s pockets, we got fewer services as well as cuts to remaining ones. What will the Minister do to make up for this fantastic gouging from the pockets of ordinary people over recent years?

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