Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

I will not have that debate, but it is true that the Government did not have the neck to give landlords the power to take the water charges from people's deposits because it was afraid to do so. It did not have the neck to give the power to employers or Revenue to take them from people's wages or social welfare and Revenue is not involved. However, it is still trying to produce some measures that will make tenants in particular feel vulnerable, even though tenants can overcome that by standing with the campaign.

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