Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Finally, I note that at the Committee on Public Petitions yesterday there was a petition in respect of city status for Drogheda. I thank Mr. Lemass who wrote a supporting letter providing background information in respect of that. Because the petition sought to annex a large part of Meath, in particular, Laytown, Bettystown and Mornington, its credentials effectively were null and void. I welcome the Department's intervention in that respect. I ask that a similar circular would issue if there were any attempt to afford a Dublin mayor executive powers over any part of Meath in the same vein.