Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This Bill is being brought forward and there is an old and archaic Act in place. It is a small anomaly but it happens from time to time. Surely this Bill provides us with an opportunity to rectify this. We are not talking about a substantial change but about repairing a problem that is there already. If a local authority with 31 councillors votes to rename a street, they are elected so they have a democratic right to do something like that and that should be possible. We should not be getting letters from officials saying the legislation is old and archaic.