John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will try to go through the issues in order. Several members raised the issue of funding. Funding is the core issue. If we throw our hands up and say we will not have any other sources of funding, the discussion we are having today is pretty moot. Deputy Howlin outlined some of them. I have a different view from him. Local councillors setting a sales tax in County Wexford that might force Wexford people to come to Kilkenny to do their shopping sounds like a very positive and plausible thing.