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"en.20150112.11.1-050-000"2
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"Madam President, in order to force the Irish people to pay 43% of the European banking crisis, Dublin governments have introduced several new stealth charges and taxes that have caused devastation and hardship to many families. These taxes have not led to improved services; they have been unfair and have deliberately targeted those on lower incomes disproportionately. The Irish people are sending a very clear message that they have had enough. In their hundreds of thousands, Irish communities have joined together and marched against the latest tax on their families. The Irish Government has called it a water charge, but the Irish people see it for what it is: another tax which, if introduced, would put many families over the edge and would further hamper domestic economies.
That under pressure the Irish Government has now introduced temporary caps proves that the charge has absolutely nothing to do with water conservation but is just another attack on Irish families. I want to take this opportunity to declare in the European Parliament, as it has been declared on streets in every town in Ireland, that the water tax will be defeated and a new economic policy that is based on fairness and prosperity and against the austerity agenda will emerge."@en1
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