Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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Do the members of the associations feel they get value from the local authority charges they pay, principally commercial rates and commercial water charges? The balancing act that is the annual budgeting process of local authorities is a bugbear of mine. I refer to the manner in which the commercial stakeholders in a local authority area get fitted up so that the budget can be balanced. What are the members of the representative groups saying? What has been the associations' experience when they have spoken to county and city managers, who now have the illustrious title of "chief executive officers"?