Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)

Like Deputy Stanley, it was remiss of me not to acknowledge the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, and to wish her well in her new role. I am sure she will be very successful at it.

The household charge is essentially a local tax which is being pooled centrally, or nationally. Where does that stand in regard to local government reform which should see local collection of taxes that would be ringfenced for investment and delivery of local services? Where money is collected in an area it should be spent in the area.

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