Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Let us be real. Let us see what we can do to support these people. The town of Longford is on its knees. There is a meeting tonight in Longford about what we can do to support businesses. With the current format, there is no way that we can do anything. If the members on each of the local authorities want to give a rate reduction, it is of no benefit to the majority of independent traders in the town because a 2% or 3% reduction is only small money.

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