Mr. John McCarthy:

Some of it is used to supplement LPT receipts, in cases of local authorities that need to be supported through equalisation. Some of it is used to cover rates payments for water infrastructure. Then there is a range of other funding lines, many of them to support things like shared services or water services loans that local authorities still hold and which the Exchequer has said it will support. The big items in there are for LPT purposes and in respect of water rates. There is an additional subvention or line of funding to local authorities to cover increases in pay costs.