Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I draw the House's attention to comments made yesterday by four Dublin Labour Party Deputies, Deputies Kevin Humphreys, Robert Dowds, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and Brendan Ryan, who tabled a Dáil motion on the local property tax. They stated, among other things, that councils in Dublin urban areas must not be placed at a disadvantage in terms of funding from the central Exchequer fund. This is a very disturbing development. Later it was reported that Deputy Ó Ríordáin said Dublin should not be ripped off. This is the same Deputy who had to apologise in April last year for accusing the people of Monaghan of having latent homophobia. A cabal of middle-class Labour Party Deputies, including Deputy Kevin Humphreys from Dublin 4 and Deputy Ó Ríordáin from leafy Clontarf-----