Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In this context, the Minister of State might consider the timeframe he allowed for people to register their properties for the property tax. I acknowledge that one element of his argument has merit, namely that it would take a certain amount of time to offload a site if one wanted to sell it rather than pay a levy. The Minister of State spoke about giving people a fair opportunity to deal with the new measure and to come to terms with it because of property rights and so on. A longer period is being allowed for this measure than people were given to register their properties for the property tax. To treat the two measures differently is a little unreasonable. Likewise, with respect to separate legislation, a landlord will become liable for a tenant with regard to water charges and the landlord will be given 20 days to re-register a new tenant. If I was a landlord-----

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