Mr. John McCarthy:

The intention is that as part of the budgeting process at county level a provision would be included in the budget - a general municipal allocation - so that a limited amount of money would be provided to the allocation and it would be for members at municipal district level to distribute to small-scale initiatives of the kind you are talking about, Chairman, and to some small-scale programmes of work that would be undertaken. There will be a vehicle within the budgeting process. Certain decisions will have to be taken at county level as that is part of the process in terms of efficiency but there will be a general municipal allocation within the budgeting process that would provide an avenue for some of those decisions to be taken at municipal district level.