Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)

Will the Leader arrange for a debate on local authority funding? In Athlone a few days ago, the Minister for Transport said local authorities should match euro for euro the funding provided by his Department for national and non-national roads. If this were to happen, it would put a major drain on the finances of local authorities. If funding were conditional on the local authorities matching euro for euro, the majority of them would not be able to match it. We should have a serious debate on local authority funding.