Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is not intended that any services will be lost. People living in Cork county will continue to receive the services from their local authority that they receive now. In terms of revenue, there will need to be a compensation package. This must be worked out. It is the case that as a result of areas moving from what is now the county into the city, commercial rates could be lost to the county. Those areas will also transfer, however, and the cost of providing the services in them will no longer fall to the county but to the city, so expenditure will fall as well. As I said, this was done very successfully in Limerick, as will be the case when a similar process follows in Galway. There will be a compensation package to ensure that this transition can happen seamlessly and that services and the financial stability of the county are protected. The Deputy has my assurance on that.

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