Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Let me broaden it. For any of the 42 towns around the country, where funding has already been identified, the argument the Minister put forward clearly does not apply. Can he give another rationale because the one he gave does not apply to any of those 42 towns?

The figure the Minister provided is that the cost of billing per year will be €150 million.

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