Finance Bill 2026: Second Stage
Dail Éireann — 2026-06-09
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Thomas Gould (SF), Cork North-Central

The first thing I want to say on the Finance Bill we are discussing is that it goes to show how this Government just does not get it. It is another failure at a time when the Government had the money and knew people were struggling. It could have stepped in. If people throw their minds back to late February and March when people came on to the street, remember the anger that was there. The Minister of State and the Government went on holidays for St. Patrick’s Day to get out of here while people were paying double for home heating oil and struggling to pay their bills.

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Sitting date: 2026-06-09