Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Local authorities in Ireland get 20% less funding than the average local authority in Europe to carry out their work. We have done away with local government and are left with underfunded and weak local administration. Local authorities in European states, such as the comuniin Italy, deal with issues like rural crime. If Irish local authorities were much stronger, could it help in improving how our communities manage to get by?