Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is a key point of the legislation we are discussing in the Houses at the moment. That extra funding will now be given back to local authorities. There will be increased democracy when it comes to these decisions. That is a real win for local democracy, for residents and for local authorities, which need these resources. I thank the Minister of State. Those regulations make an awful lot of sense.