Pat Casey (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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This is not specifically on the figures, but it is around them. First, it relates to the subvention of Irish Water from motor taxation of nearly €586 million. Coming from a rural community and seeing local and regional roads deteriorate over the last few years, the fact that only 30% of the motor tax fund has been spent on road infrastructure is a concern.

My other question relates to revenues for Irish Water from the commercial water rates. When will Irish Water take these over? I do not know how many different commercial water rates there are but the sooner we get to the endgame on this the better so we will find out exactly what we are subventing Irish Water.

On the environment, the landfill levy has gone down again by another 25%. This is worrying, because in Wicklow I see waste wrapped in plastic, stored and shipped abroad to be disposed of. Something has gone wrong in the system if the landfill levy is going down because waste is not going to landfill, but also if it is cheaper to wrap our waste in plastic, store it, put it on a boat and ship it somewhere else to dispose of it.