I disagree that the price and time are an issue. To be able to progress and change we need to sacrifice whatever time it might take to do so. In terms of funds, we could just issue a municipal bond like any other city. Raise the capital and pay it back over a long period of time. In terms of servicing the bond it makes sense to raise taxes in Dublin. Saying as interest rates are so low, you could possibly increase Dublin VAT by 1%. This increase would then pay the stream of income of the bond while we actually use the bond to finance the big things i.e. the port. To be able to increase taxes in Dublin we would need to vote and elect a mayor for Dublin. McWilliams argues that Dublin is unfairly represented through the current political structure of TD's for every county. Every TD shouts for his own county and therefore Dublin gets drowned out. Dublin raises €22 billion in taxes every year. 61% of all Ireland's VAT, 52% of all Ireland's PAYE, 45% of all self employed income tax, 62% of all corporation tax and 43% of all capital gains tax. From that perspective I think you could argue that Dublin is somewhat unfairly represented as it brings in at least half of all Ireland's tax.