James Bannon (Fine Gael)

I do. I want the Leader to invite into the House at the earliest opportunity the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Cullen, to address the serious concerns at local authority level regarding the deficit in funding requirements in local government. Local authorities will not be in a position to pass their estimates over the next few months because of the clawback in capital funding from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Stealth taxes are being introduced on a daily basis and there has been a withdrawal of funding from the Department.