Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

My second question relates to the Local Government Bill 2013. The Seanad debacle, for which this Government was responsible, was a case of the people having their say.

Is there any hope that the Taoiseach and his colleagues will reconsider the Local Government Bill 2013 and give the people in towns the opportunity to decide for themselves, by means of a plebiscite, whether they want to have town councils? That is all I am asking. Let democracy work. If I am wrong and the Taoiseach is right, well and good, but we should let the people decide like they decided about the Seanad.

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