Seanad debates
Thursday, 13 February 2003
Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed).
We are negating all the good work and all the positive developments in local authority best practice in the majority areas. It must be remembered that local authority members play an active role. For example, six of the members of Donegal County Council work full-time on local authority business and they do not have any other jobs. They are confident that things have changed under Better Local Government. If something like this is put on the table, however, and if they feel that their power or jurisdiction in terms of representing their constituents will be overruled, the work of local authorities will be set back three to four years. That is the danger about which I am concerned.
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