Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Last year, there were changes to the baselines of the funding for local authorities. I refer to the baselines in respect of the distribution of local property tax and it was in recognition of the pension change. That was the exclusive reason for it. The local authorities became not liable but the liability was at national level. It is an accounting matter. Perhaps it is just a policy matter. However, since they were linked to the local authorities, why was that change not made? The two were originally linked.