Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 204: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there will be elections to new town councils in June 2009. [11104/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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In accordance with the Programme for Government, my Department will shortly be publishing the Green Paper on local government reform, which will examine a number of issues with the objective of making local government more transparent and responsive, and will set out options for reform in advance of a subsequent White Paper. Issues to be considered will include the establishment of town councils in those towns that have shown significant population growth in recent years. The White Paper will address the timing of any new reforms.