Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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I must stop Ms Quinn again. I looked at the total spend of all local authorities, bringing everything in. I saw some local authorities with a smaller population with a bigger total income receiving more in local property tax. It just does not make sense and it is unsustainable for local authorities that have growing populations. They cannot provide services. It is self-evident that if we have more people we will require money to provide services to them. We cannot change the geography.