David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It should be €6,000 and should not be lower than that. The Minister said that any change like this would cause difficulty for the Revenue Commissioners. While I am sorry for them, they are the servants of the House and not the masters of the House. We establish the law and they administer it. I know there are very hard-working decent people in Revenue. They are overwhelmed by this rather unfortunate property tax and so on. That it would cause difficulty for Revenue is not sufficient reason not to do it. If it does, we will need to address that.