Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

With regard to general government debt, there was very strict control right across the sectors, particularly at the time of the crash. I was very conscious of local authorities having very sizeable amounts of cash in hand from development contributions that they were not permitted to spend. They were only permitted to spend what they took in during a particular year. Does that still apply? Does it apply to sectors other than the local government sector?