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- Order of Business (14 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: We need time to explain the implications of this to the Minister, Deputy Hogan. It is not a grinning matter, this new imposition on individuals and families. The vast bulk of ordinary people, the vast bulk of the 1.6 million householders, as the Government says, which is the huge majority of householders and, therefore, a huge majority of the population, are to be coerced into paying this...
- Order of Business (14 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: Therefore, we need time to explain the implications to the Government. Perhaps it will see the light and withdraw it, and go after the bondholders instead and find the funds there-----
- Order of Business (14 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: -----or go after the super-wealthy, whose assets are not being touched by the Government, instead of coming back to the same well of ordinary people up and down this country. We need the time for that.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: This week the Taoiseach's Government is declaring a new economic war on the people with its new household tax. It will be a new burden on ordinary people in furtherance of the Government's ruinous austerity policy of bailing out banks and speculators. Does the Taoiseach have any idea of how angry, frustrated and outraged our people have become over the past three years as their wages,...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: Does the Taoiseach see this household tax is a burden too far? Starting at â¬100, everyone knows it will rise quickly to â¬1,000 with the EU-IMF driving it as well. Does the Taoiseach understand this will be met with a massive campaign of opposition from Donegal to Wexford, from Kerry right back to Dublin? The Taoiseach's disgraceful campaign of intimidation of threatening householders...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: This is their opportunity to have their own referendum on these ruinous austerity polices. They are being called on not to register in January, February or the first half of March when the Government cannot touch them.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: We will arrive at the end of March with the bulk of the 1.6 million householders having boycotted the registration.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: Not registering will break this unjust tax.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: Does the Taoiseach know that the attitude among people is that if one is brought to court, then we will all go? Does he realise he cannot coerce a million plus householders?
- Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: In boycotting this new and unfair tax-----
- Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: -----does the Taoiseach know a leaf is being taken from his county's history when the people stood up and resisted the unfair and unjust extortion of landlords? The Taoiseach will be the new Captain Boycott of austerity, imposing the will of the EU-IMF-----
- Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: -----and bleeding our people.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: Coming from Mayo, how will the Taoiseach live with that?
- Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: Spurious arguments like that and evading the critical issue-----
- Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: The Minister is fooling nobody.
- Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: That is a nice New Year's Day present for them.
- Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: There will be a major boycott of it.
- Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: No, it is not up to me; it is up to the people. The Minister is imposing a draconian fine of â¬2,500 to try to coerce them. He has not gone into that at all.
- Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: It has not even started yet.
- Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
Joe Higgins: Come on.