Mr. John McCarthy:

On the general point, I refer back to what I said to Deputy Shane Cassells. There are two dimensions. There is the overall pot of money available for allocation through the LPT and how it is to be allocated. Obviously, the 80:20 split and the self-funding aspects are critical parts of the current system. Therefore, if the overall pot of money does not change, if the 80:20 split is to change and if the level of self-funding required were to be reduced, that would mean that some local authorities would gain, while others would lose. These are issues that will have to be considered, as well as the implications of different approaches.