Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Okay. I thank Dr. Roantree. Regarding the idea of farmland being drawn in through this proposal, I would expect there would be stiff resistance to it. Much of the talk is around the model of the local property tax, and one of the features of this measure was that it was raised through Revenue. The local authorities in each county got most of their funding back. Regarding places like Dublin, Cork and other locations, has consideration been given to a kind of model to redistribute these funds again? I say this because of the context of larger counties such as Cork and Mayo. Even in Dublin, I think Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown would be collecting as much property tax revenue now as all of Connacht. I wonder if the commission looked at this aspect.