Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I hear what Mr. McCarthy is saying but he is not addressing my central point. If the general purpose grant had stayed in place, county councils across the country would have been able to achieve a higher level of services and made a meaningful difference to people's lives as they would have had those strands of funding available to do what people expect. That is as opposed to the nuts and bolts of paying wages.