Mr. John McCarthy:

It all goes into the local government fund but historically the motor tax element of the fund would have been used for the general purpose grants, including funding to local authorities for water purposes. That water related funding moved from local authorities in 2013 to 2014, if I have my years correct. In effect, money that had been going to local authorities for water related purposes was redirected to Irish Water when Irish Water took responsibility for water functions. Subsequently, a balance of the general purpose grant that remained was replaced by the local property tax.