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Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: The only basis on which I would accept a tax of this nature is if it was specifically dedicated to create jobs, which this country needs at the moment.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: In this case, unfortunately, it is not. The Green Party Members may well have gorged themselves on bowls of muesli, worn the sandals and hugged every tree they saw but the people penalised as a result of this tax are the poor people in this country. Every industry, every household, carers and the Irish Wheelchair Association have been hit by this imposition.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Every person going to collect unemployment assistance and benefit, those who have been recently unemployed, will be hit by this measure. The poor Greens are going to make everyone else equally poor and irrelevant.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: It is not the only disconnect.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy Cuffe should not have mentioned running with the hares and hunting with the hounds. He cannot go there.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: June.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: From Brazil.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: It will shrink considerably in the future.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: That is right.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Were the people not lucky in that regard?

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: It will not.

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: That is right.

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister is right about that.

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister would want to pay their arrears.

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: They need more than that.

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: They failed to rise to the occasion.

Public Transport. (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: That is hardly surprising.

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: That is a laugh.

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2009)

Bernard Durkan: I congratulate Deputy Phil Hogan for bringing forward the Bill, which is opportune, timely and necessary. It is necessary for a number of reasons, but not because the development of Docklands was wrong. However, the development of the docklands has been very positive. It is very important that, in association with all such positive development, we would have a situation that is clearly...