Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The net result is that following the introduction of the water tax, at the end of the year the Government will be down by between €35 million and €50 million. It is some feat to introduce a tax and lose money as a result of it. Only stubbornness and pig-headedness is driving the Government on in terms of trying to create the impression that all is well, but if the Taoiseach wants to pretend that all is well, he can do so.

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