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- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: Name the property, Senator.
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: Now we are dealing with hypothetical properties.
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: People are in consistent property. That is the only point we are making.
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: The wealth tax is income linked. One could be asset rich but if one's income is not sufficient one will not be subject to it.
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: The Senator can hold on to his single transferable vote speech and we may hear it on the discussion of the next amendment or else next week and the following week and perhaps the week after that. How about that? We have heard it all before.
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: Yes.
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: The fiscal powers.
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: Amendment No. 6 provides that the sum may be revised by the Oireachtas. This is an important amendment and I ask the Minister of State to consider it. We are arguing that the Houses of the Oireachtas should in the first instance decide whether to increase the charge. It should not be the prerogative of a Minister to increase the charge. I will not rehearse all the issues arising because I...
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: It is not just the ESRI. I hope the Senator is not sneering at people in poverty.
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: It was about putting more people into poverty. The Senator is right.
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: Which the Government did.
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: Is the Senator saying that if somebody aspires to end poverty, they have a vested interest and should not aspire to it because they might lose politically?
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: That is an extraordinary statement.
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: Is the Senator speaking to the amendment? I was ruled out of order for raising the North earlier.
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: Will I have a chance to respond? I was ruled out of order for setting the record straight.
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: We wish to respond but we were ruled out of order. Impartiality should be shown by the Acting Chairman.
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: This is a very good Second Stage speech.
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: We will get a chance to respond.
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: People cannot afford to buy a new overcoat. There is nothing wrong with buying second-hand.