Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government

Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage

3:25 pm

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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On amendment No. 108, we are merely teasing out with the Minister the mechanisms and tools to be used by the governing local authority. Once its budget is set, what mechanism will be used to decide the distribution of funding to the municipal district? Will it be fair and equitable? Will it be equalised or what method will be used?