Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Finally, in the minute of speaking time remaining to me, I suspect, even though I missed some of the earlier part of the session, that people have asked Mr. Doyle about the local property tax and the breakdown of how that is applied to different local authorities and to that Central Fund. I have a general question around not so much that aspect of it but around the calculation of funding towards local authorities, more broadly. Does the Department feel that it serves every county and local authority well? I am particularly interested in how it serves counties that are just outside Dublin which have experienced very significant levels of population growth and pressure on services. Could we be doing more in calibrating that funding model to recognise the rate of change there?