Seanad debates

Thursday, 16 October 2003

Senator Brian Hayes raised the issue of the bin tax yesterday and the conflicting statements made by various public representatives in terms of where they stand on the issue – some pay and others do not – and by various union leaders in terms of the succour they are giving to law breakers. The position is that law-abiding county council workers are being prevented from going about their work. Many Members of this House are former members of local authorities and they should make statements on this issue because the estimates will be coming up for discussion in the next six or eight weeks in various county councils and I would like to hear all Members indicate the stand they will take if service charges are included. Will they go along with the hypocrisy and in certain situations vote against service charges just because other people in a certain constituency, such as Deputy Joe Higgins, who is voting—

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