Seanad debates
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages
12:45 pm
David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
That is the only change. I think the people themselves can see through that. I have made my point. I am opposed to the change. What I will say is that I would prefer if we had parties in government, including both our parties, which support public services, universality, basic social protections for citizens, funded through general taxation, provided as of right, and not on the basis of how much money somebody has in their pocket. The way to make sure that wealthy people pay for all of these services is that they pay PAYE, proper progressive taxation and taxation on wealth. Then we can afford to pay for all of these services. That is what I want to see.
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