Ned O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail)

----- with the dissemination of information, which leaves a lot to be desired. I also fault county councils for their slowness in getting the message out to the public. The entire affair has been disappointing.

However, disappointing as the dissemination of information might have been, the position adopted by certain elected Oireachtas Members is reprehensible. They have the privilege of representing the people in the Oireachtas and had the opportunity to vote against household charges. Once they happened to be on the losing side they advised the public not to support the charge and, in effect, to break the law of the land.