John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

I take Deputy Tuffy's point that much of this is associated with the housing bubble. We conducted a survey and the breakdown of development contribution money as applied across various programme headings of my Department. The survey, conducted in 2008, show that 41% of development contributions are for water and sewerage, 45% on roads and 14% on amenities. We continue with that infrastructural development and continue to invest record amounts in the water services investment programme and public transport. We will continue to receive development contributions on that basis.

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