John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

No, I am not saying that. There is no prohibition on it being spent but it requires the council to speak directly to my Department to see if it is possible under the circumstances. I will supply the Deputy with all the details. He asked about county and city councils and the figures are detailed in the reply. There is no blanket ban on these councils spending money. That is simply not the case, although that is what the Deputy implied in the question. It is not true.

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