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Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Eugene Murphy: ...Strokestown. It will probably get more funding than ever. It is massive funding and while many of the proposed changes are good, the beautiful, wide streets, which are such a feature of Strokestown - it has the second-widest streets in the country - will be destroyed by what council consultants said, even when the local councillors and people know it is not the right thing. That is a...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

...going into a system where they will be handcuffed from the time they enter. What is to be done? There has been enough thinking and reports already. While all of this is going on, the councillors’ role is being destroyed for the reasons I have outlined. We are being taken out. Obviously, if they take us out, the Seanad will be next. It is logical. We need action now. We...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Mr. S?amus Morris: We will have destroyed local democracy, unless we take charge. Town councils are not the only thing that should be looked at in this context. There are other ways of going about this process. We could properly fund municipal districts. There is always an answer to something but we cannot keep producing reports. What I am saying is to stop doing reports. We need...