Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is included in the rate. It is important to state that there are two rates - the regional rate and the Assembly rate. It is important to note that the Assembly, because of my party's insistence, has been frozen for the past number of years. Local authorities, of which Senator Gilroy would be aware, that have a majority of SDLP, for example, in Derry, have the highest rates in water because they do not have Sinn Féin ruling those particular local authorities.