Seanad debates
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
10:30 am
Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I thank the 16 Members of the House for their contributions on the Order of Business. The issue of Dublin City Council was raised by Senators Ardagh, Boyhan, McDowell and Humphreys. I will facilitate a debate on the future of local government and its importance at the earliest convenience with regard to the Minister being available.
A lot of misinformation has been spread about Dublin City Council this morning. All of us recognise the importance of local government and the need to provide funding to it, but let us have the honest debate people are speaking about and let us not have it in a populist way. Dublin City Council reduced its local property tax by 15%. That is a significant-----
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