Kildare Council service funding
Cluskey says Kildare County Council’s manager warned the allocation could not sustain existing services and might require job losses. Barrett responds as though the concern is about roads; Cluskey clarifies it is not.
Would the Minister not agree that it is a serious situation when the manager of Kildare County Council stated at an open meeting that on the allocation made to the council by the Minister——
Comment on this
It is not a separate question. The manager of Kildare County Council stated that he could not maintain existing services on the allocation made to the council by the Minister and that it appeared that people who are employed by the council would have to be let off.
Comment on this
I should be surprised if Kildare County Council were obliged to let people off this year because they will do remarkably well in regard to road allocations, if the Deputy was speaking about road allocations.