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

-----local democracy by putting these directly elected mayors in place. I would have no problem with that happening if the Government had started where it left off in the blackguarding that it did in the past by reinstating the town councils. The Government cost the nation a fortune because if anybody thinks it saved money, the Ceann Comhairle knows that is not true. It cost an absolute fortune to do what the Government did at that time. It was a stupid act.

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