Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I raise an issue that arose in my county. The local authority, which seems to be the big player here, decided, before it went to the people, and all of this is meant to be people-based, that only the big towns such as Ballinasloe and Loughrea could compete in this process. In terms of Connemara, I cannot recall whether it was Clifden or Carraroe. No matter how much the small place wanted to compete, the local authority cut them off at the pass before it ever got as far as the Department.