Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government
Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage
11:30 am
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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The point is that the local government fund has been decreasing since 2009 and continues to decrease. This is being backfilled by household charge and property tax receipts. The Minister is splitting hairs in terms of saying funding for Irish Water will not be met from the local government fund because the property tax receipts are being used to shore up that fund, or will be in the future.