Town and borough council plebiscite
Deputy McGrath asked when the Government would act on the programme commitment to hold plebiscites on town and borough councils. The Tánaiste said he would ask the relevant Minister to liaise with the Deputy directly on the commitment's progress.
There is a commitment in the programme for Government - I was there when it was put in - to hold a plebiscite on local town and borough councils. The Tánaiste need not be shocked. There is a commitment in the programme for Government to allow the holding of plebiscites and to ask the electorate in those areas to vote on whether they wish to have a town council, provided there is no cost to the State. We are a year into the Government's term in office and we have not seen anything about it. We know that big Phil the enforcer banished town councils. There was a commitment that there would be a plebiscite in each borough and district council to see if the people wanted them, provided there would be no cost to the Exchequer.
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I will ask the Minister to liaise with the Deputy directly on where that programme for Government commitment is at.
