Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

-----given that there are 38,000 deeply distressed mortgage householders who want to avail of this but cannot because they have family commitments and children in school.

The only tax that was imposed yesterday in the budget was a 5% increase in the price of a packet of cigarettes. Why, given that there is still dithering on the Gambling Control Bill, could the Government not have put a 2.5% levy on gambling turnover in Ireland which would have raised €125 million-----

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