Paul Bradford (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister of State with responsibility for Gaeltacht affairs to the House. I will not make a detailed submission. If we had a concept known as parliamentary questions in this House, which we might have the next time around, I would be placing same but my Adjournment motion speaks for itself. Cork County Council is unique in that it has three health divisions and, therefore, three administrative divisions within the county - north, south and west, all of which have managers, directors of services, chief engineers and divisional headquarters. As part of the new local government reform and new boundary provisions for local authorities, will the county of Cork be treated as three separate entities, as it currently is, or as a singular area for the division of the proposed 55 seats. I look forward to the Minister of State's reply.