Eamon Scanlon (Fianna Fail)

The point is that the council decides the charges. I have a brother with a valuable site in Portmarnock on which he hopes to build a house. He told me the service charge in that area on a five-bedroom two-storey house is €63,000, which is unbelievable. However, once that house is built it would be worth €1.5 million. It is inevitable that there be differences in every county. However, Sligo is a nice place to live and a cheap place to get planning permission.