Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That review will be welcome. Mr. McCarthy anticipates an increase in the overall LPT take because some people will no longer have exemptions, there will be new builds and so on. I have discussed with the Taoiseach his commitment that all counties should retain their LPT revenues in full. My county, which is a net contributor, would welcome that, but there are only so many net contributors. Simultaneously, the Taoiseach has stated that no county will be left worse off. How do we square that circle? If we are saying that all counties will retain their LPT revenues, the likes of Dublin, Meath and Kildare would welcome that, but the likes of Leitrim and Cavan will be left in the same situation. Will the buoyancy be eaten up to fund that retention? If Meath gets to retain all of its LPT, will another strand of our funding be cut to balance that out? Deputy Catherine Murphy raised this matter and, I am sure, will revisit it. We ended up being a net contributor to roads and housing when we were not previously. Will the witness address this point, please?