Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is a fact. The fact is that the number of local authority seats in Roscommon is being reduced from 26 to 18. In Dublin the city council is being increased to 60 members, while in Wexford and elsewhere, council chambers are being rebuilt at enormous cost because the Labour Party wants to preserve whatever representation it has on the east coast. That was negotiated with the Minister, Deputy Phil Hogan. While it was delayed for a long time, the Labour Party has now succeeded, just as it has succeeded in bringing forward an abortion Bill which Fine Gael did not want to introduce. Fine Gael resisted it.