These include rates on commercial and industrial properties, which are levied and collected by local authorities; the Local government Fund which is based on motor taxation; and the Environment Fund which was established with the tax on plastic. Balanced regional development is in the interests of individuals, families and communities in every region of the country. Dublin has been the engine of the country’s economic growth, but its current uncontrolled expansion is neither sustainable nor desirable.
sceptical towards state expenditure on education, for example in favour of study fees or private schools