Seanad debates
Wednesday, 26 February 2003
Local Government Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed).
On local taxation and fundraising, there are people who, at the time for deciding on estimates for the year, oppose everything and are in favour of nothing. When the estimates committee meets and when decisions on statutory estimates are made, they will vote against everything. At all other local authority meetings, they table motions to spend hundreds of thousands of euro. These are the people who say to the Minister that he is removing their powers. I regret to say it, but they do not have the guts to pass a vote of sympathy not to mention vote through financial measures.
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