Luke Flanagan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)

What power did local authority members have, other than the power to talk about the matter in the past six or seven years? The power rested completely with the county manager. Surely, as a democrat, the Minister believes it should rest with elected local authority members who are closest to the problem. Where do local authority members have an input into the process? I never had one as a county councillor; it was an executive function.

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