Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----we are talking about breach of planning, court orders being in place and no action being taken. Rate payers and taxpayers are paying for a service from their local authorities and action is not being taken where people have totally flouted the law. Everyone who has complied with the law is paying up their full amount of taxes and full amount of rates, yet people who have flouted the law are being left scot-free because there is now an internal issue between two local authorities.