Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will meet with Killarney Town Council members to discuss his proposals to abolish the town council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7965/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Action Programme for Effective Local Government, Putting People First, sets out Government decisions for a range of measures in relation to local government reform including local authority structures, functions, and governance. Chapter 6 of the Action Programme details policy decisions to replace town councils with a new model of municipal governance to strengthen local government within counties and address weaknesses and anomalies in the current system.

As part of the implementation arrangements of the reform programme, a Working Group has been established to enable the local authority members’ associations to participate in the process of implementation of measures relating to local government structures and related matters and accordingly, I do not consider it appropriate to meet with individual local authorities on the matter at this stage.