James Bannon (Fine Gael)

Members are signing their death warrants if they do not oppose this section. It is interesting that the Acting Chairman and I both represent councillors from around the country on the Local Authority Members Association. He knows that councillors are the most underpaid section of the community for the hours they put into local government. There is no proper pension scheme in place for retiring council members and I hope the Minister will address that. It costs people money to serve on local authorities and it is something I want to see real change on in the near future.