David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----who are sick to the teeth of listening to Senators and Deputies on the Government side state it is only €1 per week or €3 per week. We have heard it again today from Senator Comiskey, with his very generous salary and expenses, which I also receive. We may be able to afford to pay, but for many people out there €3 per week is a lot of money. He and his Government colleagues simply do not get it, but they will get it in the ballot box come the next election and on 10 December when people come out in big numbers to demonstrate against what they see as an unfair tax. People are not fools.

They will not be fooled by what was an election stunt yesterday. They know that the Government is trying to introduce the principle of the charge and once that is introduced the charge will go up and up. People are clever enough to know that.