Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of major national and local importance, namely, the reason local authorities are using taxpayers' money to fight in the courts enforcement notices imposed on them by the Health and Safety Authority for breaches of road safety regulations by them, and in particular the reason Donegal County Council is seeking an injunction at the taxpayer's expense regarding an investigation sought by me in this Dáil and now proceeding, seeking to restrain the HSA from investigating Donegal County Council or prosecuting its staff regarding a road traffic accident in Donegal in which Sinéad McDaid, an innocent girl, was killed on chippings at road works.

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