Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The freedom of information correspondence on this matter is really disturbing. The reference from director of services, AnnMarie Farrelly, in respect of the 2018 rates bill for the DAA noted that it came to just under €18 million, which represents 14.76% of the total rates levied by Fingal County Council in 2018. It is a highly significant element of its income. The grave reservations this senior official had raise questions. I presume the whole Fingal management team had been entrusted with this role. It put it in an invidious situation.

Our Fianna Fáil colleagues are getting a reputation in this House as being the abstainers. It almost sounds like the name of an old showband or a rock group from the 1970s.

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