Seanad debates
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages
11:00 am
Mark Daly (Fianna Fail)
I will finish on this point. It would be very interesting for the people of rural Ireland to know how much money we gave towards waste water treatment units throughout the country. Could a percentage of the hundreds of millions of euro spent on that not be spent on upgrading septic tanks? Those systems were funded from income tax, development levies and other taxes. People who are now being asked to replace their septic tanks should get a 100% grant. That is fairness. The Revenue Commissioners say any tax law will be followed so long as there is fairness. The problem with this measure is that there is not fairness.
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