Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Minister might touch on an issue, although I do not expect him to have a solution to it. I refer to clarity on funding for local authorities, in particular to assist councillors and local authority members to understand how much money is coming in from central government and how much is disappearing in one fund and reappearing in another. Councillors really struggle to have a line of sight on that and it can be difficult for the finance sections in local authorities to explain because sometimes they do not get clarity on local authority funding for several weeks. That can pose a challenge when they are setting the city budget.