Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will do it like I did it in the previous two rounds. There will be no change. It will be done on a per capita basis and I will ensure every county gets its fair share of the national cake. I will take it from the counties favoured by Ministers of the Deputy's party when they were in power and I will give it to the counties which have not done well in recent years. When we have corrected this imbalance, we will look at the situation again.

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