Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Will the Leader of the House consider having a debate with the appropriate Minister on the report of the Athlone boundary review committee, which was published recently? Some 28,000 people objected in County Roscommon to the extension of the boundary from the Athlone urban area to Roscommon in the Monksland-Bellanamullia area, which was a land grab by another local authority. I commend the chairman and all the members of the committee, and all the councillors in Roscommon who fought, and, indeed, all the Oireachtas Members. We all fought to ensure that part of our beloved County Roscommon would not be annexed into County Westmeath.