Local government reform consultations and boundaries
Molloy asked which bodies were consulted, who made submissions, and which towns had outdated boundaries. Kavanagh named the local authority associations consulted, referred to submissions from local authority and other groups, and pointed to 1981 census data while saying the boundary issue was under review.
asked the Minister for the Environment the names of representative local authority bodies consulted regarding reforming the local government system as mentioned in Building on Reality, 1985-87.
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asked the Minister for the Environment the names of those who made submissions regarding reforming the local government system as mentioned in Building on Reality, 1985-87.
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asked the Minister for the Environment the names of the towns whose outmoded boundaries mean that many voters have no say in the election of their own town councils as mentioned in Building on Reality, 1985-87.
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1, 2 and 3, together.
Consultations have taken place with the local authority associations, the county councils' general council and the association of municipal authorities and full account has been taken of submissions made by various local authority and other groups. In relation to urban boundaries, I would refer the Deputy to Volume 1 of the Census of Population of Ireland, 1981, which shows the populations within, and outside, town boundaries. The Government are taking account of this situation in examination of local government reform.