Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government
Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage
11:50 am
Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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I am disappointed in the Chair as he comes from a rural constituency in west Cork which will be affected. We feel there should have been room for manoeuvre. For example, County Laois, which has 43 councillors, will be reduced to 19 councillors, which includes the abolition of the two town councillors and six fewer county councillors. Even Fine Gael councillors will be under pressure.