Mr. Thomas Burke:

The only point I would pick up on is the one made by Deputy Niall Collins, namely, the point on how we would fund the gap or perceived gap in the local authority rates bill. It is worth pointing out again that at present, €220 million per annum is going uncollected and that would go a long way to plugging the gap that exists. To echo Mr. O'Brien's remarks, if we can find a way of collecting the money that goes uncollected currently by using a single local-authority-integrated system, with the economies of scale and collection expertise that this would bring, it would certainly go a long way towards addressing any potential gap that may arise.