Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will press the amendment. The Minister mentioned rates. County managers and councillors have been exercised about the local government fund this week. As late as this morning, I was contacted by people in local government circles who were concerned that they had not received notification of next year's allocations. They are trying to frame their budgets. They would normally have received notice of allocations by now.

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