Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a problem with the mandatory reduction of rent at source to deal with arrears. That should not be imposed on people. It could be considered where there was prolonged non-payment of rent, appropriate warnings given and arbitration methods exhausted but I have always been opposed to going after people's social welfare payments or through their pay packets, so to speak, which seems to be suggested in this section. I would have problems with that.