Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

As public representatives, we often get suggestions that town X gets everything and town Y gets nothing, or district X gets all the funding and district Y does not. When the Department is trying to judge the applications, does it try to look for equity across the country based on per capitaor population figures? This is very substantial and significant funding that can lift any town or village, so we are trying to make sure everybody gets a chance at it.