Pat Casey (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not want to take much time but this is a critical point. We are arguing about the baseline, which goes back to 2008. The services provided by local authorities since then have increased enormously but the baseline has not moved with them. This is the problem we faced in the first session. The CCMA and the Association of Irish Local Government, AILG, said the baseline needs to be looked at. If we are going to look at the future funding of local authorities, the baseline needs to be re-evaluated in a transparent manner. I will leave it at that.