Larry Butler (Fianna Fail)

We have not gone off track completely. The idea was to ensure local authorities were acting correctly.

The other action I had to take during my time on the local authority was to put down a number of section 4 motions to ensure the manager carried out the work. If the councillors or the council are not active, the manager will not do the work. We have seen it all over the country. Unless one has good councillors putting down section 4 motions on a monthly basis, the manager will not do the work. He will do as little as he can for one. Everybody who has been a councillor knows that.