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

I would appreciate listening to the opinions of our guests from the CCMA on that. Mr. John McCarthy stated that the main area of central funding comes through the local property tax. That is a half misnomer because the people pay into a fund from which they are getting revenue. We do not have a general purpose grant. Are we heading towards a scenario - and we see from the chart that the Comptroller and Auditor General produced - whereby local government is becoming more dependent on Departments to try to fund schemes. Let me provide an example. The Department of Rural and Community Development, under the Minister, Deputy Ring, might fund development or the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport might provide funding for services. These funds are coming into the system. Is Mr. John McCarthy stating that this is the way it will be in the future?