Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I understand that the audits have to be done in October, including the motor tax offices and the regional assemblies When the Secretary General has the document, I ask him to forward it to the committee secretariat.

When I look at all the issues, the loans, the balances, the mortgages, the collection rates and everything, it shows the income, the capital income and expenditure. We can see that Sligo has a massive deficit, whereas the local authorities in Dublin and Cork have built up funds. It is great to see all this information.

When the Department comes to talk to the local authorities, does it deal specifically with the collection of rates, rents, and so on? I must say that the percentage collection is fairly good. If one finds that one local authority has the poorest percentage rate of rent collection, how does the Department deal with it?