Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 155: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the proposals by Midleton Town Council, County Cork, to make alterations to the town's boundary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42500/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Midleton Town Council applied for a boundary alteration in 2006. The extent of the change to the boundary sought by the Town Council was opposed by Cork County Council. My Department wrote to Midleton Town Council in December 2007 stating that I considered it inappropriate to proceed with the application for a number of reasons, including the lack of agreement between town and county, the passage of time since the initiation of the proposal, and the ongoing process of local government reform. The forthcoming White Paper on Local Government, which I will shortly bring to Government, will address a broad suite of local government issues, including in relation to boundary alterations.