Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

These proponents of new politics call themselves the centre ground. However, they have demonstrated that it is only a brand name for business as usual. There is nothing new about what happened yesterday. It has been happening for decades, and with the same result: the ordinary people get screwed by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. What they call the centre ground is in really the insiders and the political classes. It is those who believe that power and authority are their entitlement.

In this report, Fine Gael has its levy for excess use. This is a way of keeping the back door open for the return of charges.

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