Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)

This will become a major issue. We may find that local authorities turn out to be insolvent because development levies were a major source of funding for local authorities. If they do not collect these levies over the next few years, local government funding is reduced and they have difficulty collecting water charges from businesses that claim they cannot pay they will be in big trouble. What is the Minister proposing to do on this and what information does he have?

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