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

-----and they just do not come home. Their higher incomes then are not reflected in the figures for the region. While that is what I found, I will have that discussion on another day.

Briefly and finally, Dr. McDonnell mentioned expanding the tax base and my ears pricked up at the term, "land tax". I presume he meant development land as opposed to farmland.