Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is very little time. I will focus on the LPT. Could the Minister clarify why there would be an increase for 80% of householders? There will be an increase in cost even though the amount of money is supposed to remain the same. Could the Minister give us some insight into that because if we look at scenario one, which shows that 20% of householders would get a reduction and 80% would get an increase, we can also see that every local authority outside Dublin would have a reduction in the amount of LPT collected. In that scenario, is the Minister committing to making up the deficit for those local authorities if he decides to go with option one?