Michael McCarthy (Labour)

I wish to set the record straight. The Leader of the Labour Party declared quite clearly in Cork on the weekend in question of the famous issue of bin charges in Dublin that it was a matter for each local authority. In certain respects, that is correct but as the Minister pointed out the increases in Dublin were quite small by comparison with those in Cork county where it was €200 which is an increase of 105%, from €190 to €390. That is excessive. Two groups opposed this extraordinary increase, Labour and the Independents.