30 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in accordance with the recommendations of the Indecon report released by his office on 1 March 2006, he intends to move the focus of local government funding away from central government and towards local sources, in effect imposing a system of local taxation on private citizens and industry; if so, his views on the implications of flat taxes on lower income households considering that such charges do not take cognisance of the ability to pay as PAYE does; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9523/06]

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30 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in accordance with the recommendations of the Indecon report released by his office on 1 March 2006, he intends to move the focus of local government funding away from central government and towards local sources, in effect imposing a system of local taxation on private citizens and industry; if so, his views on the implications of flat taxes on lower income households considering that such charges do not take cognisance of the ability to pay as PAYE does; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9523/06]

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