Seanad debates

Saturday, 29 January 2011

Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages

 

4:00 pm

Photo of David NorrisDavid Norris (Independent)

If my colleague allows I would be honoured to second it. It is very much in line with what I have said earlier. There are a series of anomalies. The charge will hit the poorest and most vulnerable sections in society most strongly. The PRSA business was raised earlier. I have been briefed about people who will be brought into the tax net even though they are at or under the level at which a support from the State itself is paid because of their poverty. In other words, their pension would be affected which is absolutely wrong. The amendment meets all those difficulties and gives the opportunity for a review. I strongly urge the House to support it and I am honoured to have been allowed to second it.

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