Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

——but it beggars belief that it has taken so long.

The motor trade is going through a difficult period and that will have implications for funding. Has the Minister carried out an evaluation of the impact on the local government fund of the massive deterioration in the number of motor vehicles sold in 2009? How will we make up the shortfall?

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