Victor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Larkin and Mr. Murphy for attending today. I am a great supporter of the Local Government Audit Service. It carries out an amazing function. During the engagement with Deputy O'Dowd, I heard mentioned that the Local Government Audit Service reviews the minutes of councils. This is the first I have heard of that and it is an important message to disseminate because councils will raise many issues in any particular year. I was a councillor in Dún Laoghaire for many years. I used to raise issues and wonder if I was mad for doing so. I derive great comfort from hearing Ms Larkin state council minutes are examined as part of the audit process. I state that because there are diligent councillors and some will always be involved in specific areas. As was said to me, there will always be a small group of councillors who want to get under the bonnet. I refer to those who want to know about governance issues and the really important issues that the public will not necessarily know much about. They will always be a cohort of people interested in that-----