Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I wish to quote something to the Deputies:

I do not want Cork to repeat the mistakes of other Cities with the result of a continuous urban sprawl at the expense of an identifiable city centre core... I believe that the option of a major extension to the City boundary, while retaining two separate authorities would not be the optimum recommendation. There would be a real concern about funding base available to the County authority in that scenario... In my view, the most convincing case can be made for a single Cork authority with a robust divisional structure.

That is the view of Deputy Martin's own party colleague, from the same constituency, in an article for The Examiner, Deputy Michael McGrath.

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