John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is fair enough, Mr. McDonald is not the first witness to express that view. Does he believe the funding mechanism which existed for local government prior to the collapse had an impact on some of the zoning decisions mentioned in his earlier evidence, and an impact on the subsequent collapse? Does the witness have a view as to how local government might be funded properly?