John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)

It is disappointing that nothing came of the opportunity to bring in real local government reform with changes in planning relevant to local issues. It is very much controlled by the county manager at the behest of the Minister of the day. That must change, and one hopes that Fine Gael in office in future will make fundamental changes to local government to bring real power to local members elected by the people.

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