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Sat 03 Mar 2007No reply to council on pension liabilitiesThe Department of the Environment has failed to respond to a letter from Dublin City Council warning about the council's deteriorating financial situation.According to a letter sent from the council's head of finance, Kathy Quinn, to Geraldine Tallon of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, a copy of which has been seen by The Irish Times, the annual cost of its pensions liabilities stood at €57 million annually as of 2005.