Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members]
Dail Éireann — 2022-04-27
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Mattie McGrath (IND), Tipperary

Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an iar-Sheanadóir, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Mairéad, our Members and all the office staff who supported us in putting this motion together. We put it together in sincerity. We are consistent, if nothing else. We have opposed this unjust, punitive, anti-small man or woman, and anti-small family tax. It is totally discriminatory against people. I have great respect for the Minister of State but he made remarks about us doing this, that or the other. I will ask him one question. Cá bhfuil na Teachtaí go léir? Where are all the Deputies? There is not one Fianna Fáil backbencher in the Chamber. There is not one backbencher from-----

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Sitting date: 2022-04-27