James Bannon (Fine Gael)

On the development charges, in his contribution the Minister said that the only people who will be affected by those are developers. What about the many young people who will try to provide a house for themselves and go through the process of applying for planning permission? That happens to a great extent in rural Ireland. When people make an application they take in hand the whole planning process. They go to the local authority and get planning permission but what has this Government done? It has savagely imposed a cost of €12,000 in some counties. That is a fact.