Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

Concerning the charges placed on small businesses, I held a telephone conversation with a man who is trying to buy a site of half an acre in County Wicklow to set up a small business. The local authority's charge is €500,000. On top of this one will be hit by levies and other local charges. The Government likes to take credit for the 40% and 22% tax rates while local authorities and local councillors must take the hit on additional levies because local infrastructure is not funded as it was in the past.

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