Pat O'Neill (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not need a debate because it has been debated by an Oireachtas joint committee and in the House. The local IFA branches have been proactive, along with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, regarding the matter. There is a Freefone number that can be called, 1850 211 990. If anybody cannot source fodder or pay for it, the Minister gave an undertaking at the meeting of the Oireachtas joint committee and in the Dáil that his Department will pay in order that no animal starves. It is important that the general public is made aware of the Freefone number.

We have again listened to populist politics. I ask the Leader to ask the Minister for Finance to come here to explain why we need a property tax. After listening to the Opposition at the weekend at its Ard-Fheis, one would wonder how the leopard has changed its spots so much.