James Reilly (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There are a number of issues. I go back to my original contention that this is very much like planning. One could argue that by giving planning permission for various factories or businesses etc., there would be a conflict as rates would be collected from those businesses. Nobody would argue that in this House. Using that argument in the same vein with respect to a noise regulator does not carry weight.

I should clarify what Senator Devine has said. Rates are not 24% of Fingal County Council's income. The figure is 8%, not 24%, and I do not know where that figure came from.