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Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: His party knows all about dollars.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: On a point of order, Members are going over their time. With respect, they are sharing time and then taking more than five minutes. There are Members waiting to speak.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: Sum up in someone else's time.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Hayes, to the House. There is no doubt that this is an anti-children, anti-family and anti-jobs budget. The Minister of State said in his contribution that all of what is contained in the budget is necessary. However, he failed to outline in detail exactly what is in the budget. I would like to put on record exactly what is in the budget, or at...

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: Yet, ordinary working people, those who bore the brunt of the last five austerity budgets, are being hit again. The property tax is not linked to ability to pay. The property tax for a family with a home valued at ¤200,000 will be ¤320 per annum.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: Property tax in respect of a modest house - most houses in the country are modest - will be ¤320 per annum. I am talking about people who live here, not in Northern Ireland. People are not buying that argument because they know what people in the North are getting.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: I am speaking about the property tax.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: Senator Moloney can be silly if she wants to. I am speaking about the property tax.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: If the Senator wants to join the Fine Gael or Labour Party he should do so.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: Senators can defend their policies if they wish.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: The people know this is unfair.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: We will have a situation whereby some people on high incomes will be paying the same amount of property tax as others on low incomes living in a similar house because this tax is not linked to ability to pay. That is grossly unfair.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: It is an argument against a property tax which is not linked to ability to pay. Prior to the last election, the Labour Party told the people of this country that there were two red line issues for it, namely, cuts to child benefit and increases in college fees for students. What did it do? It supported increases to college fees and cuts in child benefit. The Labour Party turned its back...

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: The Labour Party failed to do so.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: The Minister of State will say that we need this property tax to pay for local services. I was in contact with the city manager in Waterford City Council, the budget of which has been cut by 6%. The Government is slashing the budgets of local authorities, cutting back on their ability to provide services. The Government is increasing the property tax, an actual tax that will go into a big...

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: When the Government introduced the household charge it assumed it would sail through and the people would accept it because it was only ¤100. How wrong that was. I have a final point on the property tax. The Government told people on low incomes they could defer their payment but now it will charge them 4% interest. These are low income earners who will be charged for deferring their...

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: The Labour Party should be ashamed.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: It is the thin end of the wedge.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: Wait until next year.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: There was a lot of rhetoric from Eamon Gilmore when he was in opposition.