Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

I will explain for the benefit of Deputy Mitchell. Anyone who built a new house and connected it to the system paid an average, in recent times, of €2,000 in development charges.

Many of Deputy Mitchell's constituents will be affected by this legislation if they have holiday homes in the west. She had better warn them of what is coming down the track because I do not think they have kept their eyes on that particular ball. Knowing this part of Dublin as she and I know it, I can assure her that many people with holiday homes will be affected.

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