Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

Many projects the Minister was intending to proceed with in 2009 will be not be possible because the funding is being cut and the development levies required for some of those projects at local authority level has dried up. Many local authorities face financial difficulties arising from those issues. How many new projects will go ahead in 2009? How many borrowing requests received by the Minister have been refused?

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