Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am pleased to hear it is a firm commitment that the funds raised by means of property tax this year will be retained by local authorities and we will not have a repeat of what happened last year in spite of the commitment made. Perhaps the Minister could respond to my question on a situation where a local authority's collection surpasses the grant of the previous year. Is it the case that what is collected locally will remain locally and there will be no restraint on local authorities?

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