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

I will have to ask the Minister for Transport to engage with the Deputy on that matter. Local authorities do not need to entirely rely on central Government for funding for local and regional roads. Local authorities have other income, including income from commercial rates, the local property tax and other sources, and there are councils in Ireland that do not rely entirely on central government grants for roads. That has to be taken into account as well.

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