Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)

I am and asking that the matter to be examined again. There is an expectation that property owners will pay the charge in respect of a rented house, but that is not true if one considers the standard letting agreement, under which the tenant is usually liable for any current or future local authority rates or taxes on property. I suspect no owner will allow a tenant to get away with not paying the charge. The Government should stop blaming the European Union and the IMF. When we met them, we were told we had a national parliament and that it should throw this off the table.