Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On the section, my understanding was, although I am open to correction, that an attempt was made some years ago to ring-fence the money derived from motor tax for the local government fund. I am assuming that because this transfer of ¤150 million is being introduced in legislation, the precedent set in the past is now being broken. Will the Minister of State correct me if I am wrong about that? The Minister of State referred to a maximum of ¤150 million and I am wondering if that means the Government cannot breach that figure without introducing amending legislation.