Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

All the Minister knows is that he can force local authorities to raise this 15% for no extra services. It will happen because when he is short in the next budget all he will do is take a cut in the central support to local authorities and leave them with no option but to raise the local property tax by 15%.

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