Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On a point of order, regarding the situation to which I referred in Graiguecullen, I do not have a hang up with shires or county boundaries. The problem arose for the housing estates in question because there were two sets of boundaries in Graiguecullen. There are different boundaries for local and general elections, as a result of which people were left in the middle. They could vote for Carlow councillors, but those councillors had no control over the budget after the elections took place because each county council took over responsibility. The situation needed to be remedied.

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