Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 September 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government

9:30 am

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not expect that I will. Even through the very difficult years, namely, over the past seven or eight years, that has not happened.

My Department will work with everybody, from chief executives and party leaders to councils and financial officials, to try to get the numbers into shape for the passing of a budget. I do not expect we will have to use any other emergency powers or any other such measures. I take the point that the council of which the Senator was previously a member has expressed some concerns. We have been talking to it in that regard, and we will try to work through that.

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