Paula Butterly (Louth, Fine Gael)

I have short questions, I hope, and then the Minister of State can elaborate with the answers. Will the Minister of State walk me through the local property tax and the self-funding model for the local authorities, please? Regarding defective concrete blocks, the Minister of State alluded to a scheme or Bill. Will that widen the criteria or eligibility to include people who have second homes or commercial properties, or will it always and only focus on residential? The first port of call for much planning is local authorities. It is an issue of resourcing there too because they have to deal with more complicated first-hand, first-step applications and a huge variety of them. Since Deputy Ó Broin opened the door to the local democracy task force, without anticipating what might come from it, where are we with timelines?