Ulick Burke (Fine Gael)

Will the Leader ask the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if it is his intention to withdraw the power of local councillors to rezone land at local authority level? I pose this question in view of the outrageous decision by Fianna Fáil county councillors in Galway last Monday to rezone land on the route of a bypass, thereby jeopardising the power and goodwill of the NRA to provide funding for the necessary bypass of Loughrea. The Leader must ask the Minister to take action and make Fianna Fáil councillors face reality instead of supporting local individuals whose lands will be enhanced in value by this dreadful decision.