Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

There is an unequal distribution of staff resources across the country. Some of that is for historical reasons. As the population grows, the staff component does not grow and there is an impediment to growing it by virtue of the fact that artificial baselines are included in local government funding, especially as it relates to local property tax. Doing it in house is just not an option in some local authorities.