David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I ask him to show me where in the Bill power has been devolved from any Department to local government. The answer is none, yet the Minister is abolishing town councils without giving them any power whatsoever. It is very interesting to listen to the Minister's exchange with Fianna Fáil Senators and his quoting from what Senator Wilson called the fiction document, the Fianna Fáil policy document. If that is what Fianna Fáil said and if he is correct in that presumption, then the Minister is simply implementing Fianna Fáil policy. The Minister is implementing what Fianna Fáil started.