James Bannon (Fine Gael)

I am asking the Leader to invite the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government into the House to debate what he intends to do to address the serious concerns about funding and the ever-growing deficits being faced this year by local authorities when they are preparing their budgets. This is a matter of serious concern to many people because of the slowdown of infrastructural development, not alone in the capital but throughout rural Ireland.