Mr. Ray O'Leary:

It is difficult to aggregate that with any great precision across a whole local authority area. It is funded by kilometre length. There is an adjustment factor in Kildare and Meath as part of the greater Dublin area, because they will carry a greater share of heavier traffic flows on the local and regional roads. That is the basic model. While no model is perfect, unlike some of the comments on local authority funding, at least it has the benefit of being relatively transparent and accountable, since we know what the kilometre road length is. Generally, local authorities would be positive about it as being a reasonably fair allocation method.