Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)

I understand the Deputy's point. In between the two complex formulae and the spreadsheet I see, which has them on it - I am sure the Deputy is familiar with it - there are a number of local authorities like his own that believe they do not get to keep all of which they raise. The issue, which the Deputy acknowledges in his question, is that if we were to move to a system where all of what a county raises is kept within the local authority raising it, some local authorities would need additional support and intervention directly from the Exchequer to ensure funding they did not lose the funding they had. That would carry a consequence because it would mean funding that we are currently using in local government would have to be moved into that use. I have tried through the two revaluations to make a difference to the issue, which the Deputy acknowledged.

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