Ann Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Senator will have to take up that issue with the LCDC. It is not my intention to micromanage them. As I have already mentioned, their independence is provided for explicitly in the Local Government Act 2001. Councillors throughout the country wanted this situation. They wanted more power and they wanted devolved power. They wanted to be independent in making decisions about their issues.