Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That is fine. As mentioned by Ms Walshe, the distribution of the LPT yield and matters associated with local government funding arise from Government decisions sponsored by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and so it is probably not for the Department of Finance to discuss those issues. If, however, members do wish to put down questions for the Department, the committee secretariat will forward them to it. The Department has undertaken to give us a briefing on this matter and those questions can be added to it. The first speaker is Deputy McAuliffe.