Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Therefore the issues of Kilkenny city and county will, I presume, be far from the Minister’s thoughts in his new 28 country-wide responsibilities. For those of us who will continue to live in these areas it is a matter of concern. This Bill offered a real opportunity to transform local government but unfortunately not only are we neither transforming nor reforming it, which we could have done, and strengthened it, we are demolishing it. That is very regrettable.