Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----but again, that is central government beginning to take over local government and I am not sure that is the right approach. It is something I have an open mind on and something I will discuss with the Minister, Deputy O'Brien and the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell. Something I think we all agree on is that public money, the people's money, money paid by them in local property taxes and money paid by them in commercial rates, needs to be spent well and in the people's interests. There have been far too many stories of that not happening in counties around the country, unfortunately.

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