Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

I was not aware of this but the Local Government Act 2001 does set time limits for the production of annual reports to be approved by elected members. The time frame is about four months. Therefore, the accounts should be laid before members by April of the following year. Some councils are achieving this target. Perhaps those Senators who are councillors should raise the issue. This is provided for in the 2001 Act.