Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We have been promised a local government reform Bill. It is very unfair that people who are in public life or who want to enter it have no indication as to what the constituencies will be in the next local authority elections. I understand the local authority and European elections are being brought forward by one month and are less than one year away. When will we have dates and the report of the commission of inquiry? When will people know? It is not fair to people who want to engage in the democratic process.

A most serious issue is the criminal justice (corruption) Bill. There are third-force, militia-style groups going around the country and breaking into people's homes. It happened this morning when a large group of men in balaclavas broke into property at Dodsboro Cottages in Lucan.

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