Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want the Minister of State to focus on the key question. What educational process will be put in place to ensure that the staff of a local authority are at one with the LEOs in an enterprise culture? This should be seen as a major opportunity to orient the entire local authority. For years, many would have been of the view that some local authorities around the country had a culture of going against enterprise. When businesses engaged with such authorities about rates, charges or planning, they would have experienced very negative feelings. The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association and the Small Firms Association, which are representative of small businesses, have indicated that they feel the culture of the LEO would be swamped by the culture of the local authority. Does the Minister of State see this as an opportunity to orient local authorities on an enterprise basis?

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