Ned O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am making an important point. I will not let you down, a Chathaoirligh. The Government is also threatening to abolish the Seanad. What does the Government have against the people that it wants to take away their voice? I served in local government at county and town level for 22 years. Unless one has been a town councillor one does not know the importance of such a role and function, the great pride the people of those towns have in their town councils, and the great pride we have in being townies.