Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We all know this Bill is not worth the paper on which it is written. The Government must now establish town and borough councils and introduce local government reform to ensure towns and boroughs can have adequate powers to run towns properly. We need to ensure we have strong, focussed, functional local government. We will support the Bill because, unlike the Labour Party and the Government, we have always supported town councils and believed in the importance of local democracy and accountability.

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