Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

The Deputy has now advocated the abandonment of the equalisation principle under the local government fund. He knows that when motor tax is paid into the fund, there is an equalisation measure to transfer resources from urban Ireland to rural Ireland to deliver local government services. Has he forgetten about this? There has been a massive transfer of resources from urban Ireland to rural Ireland using the equalisation principle under the local government fund.

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