Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The facts are simple. I have clearly stated, and I repeat, that regardless of where people live, 80% of the funding will be spent where it is raised. That is the Deputies' Government and mine, their Ministers and mine, which are committed to this goal. We are also committed to the financial certainty that we all want, whether it is in Dublin, Drogheda, Cork, Kerry, Limerick or Tipperary. We must run a country and we must ensure that can be done fairly, with all our communities getting the funding to which they are entitled and a fair proportion of what is paid.

The housing issue is significant in Dublin and the Minister of State with responsibility for housing, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, who is a member of Labour, has very strongly put forward all the proposals which should be supported by all of us to improve housing, particularly in Dublin. Funding must be used to put back into living use the houses which are boarded up around the city and country in order to meet those needs. One of the biggest issues for Dublin is its water supply and we must spend €500 million over the next three or four years to ensure Dublin has the water supply it deserves and to which it is entitled.

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