Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage
Dail Éireann — 2021-12-02
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Pearse Doherty (SF), Donegal

It is telling that the Minister took 16 seconds to address the core issue. He is elected like the rest of us and entitled to say whatever he wants in the Chamber under the guidance of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, but I get annoyed when he does not address the issue. His script is "Attack Sinn Féin." It is the big bad wolf theory to divert attention from the actual substance. That is why I am saying "wake up" because there is whole different reality out there where people are not interested in this tit for tat between the Minister and me. They are interested in what will happen with their energy bills, how they will heat their houses and, if they have to heat their houses, what will happen to the rest of their disposable incomes. That is what they are interested in. The Minister is bringing forward personal taxation measures that leave the vast majority of taxpayers out. They do not benefit-----

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Sitting date: 2021-12-02