Seanad debates
Thursday, 13 February 2003
Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed).
Returning to Donegal County Council, the decentralised programme under Better Local Government is an example of how we have moved forward. We are moving forward because we are continually devolving power to local authority members and to ordinary citizens. The latter are becoming more active and involved as a result. They are involved in different fora, they are becoming involved through their membership of community groups and they are represented on the county development board. There is no point in us talking the jargon of Better Local Government if we are not going to follow it up with principles and guidelines through which the 29 councillors on Donegal County Council will eventually have the ultimate power for that region.
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