Over the last couple of weeks I have received queries from Swords residents, based on spurious arguments put forward by Fianna Fail and a non comparative analysis completed by a local paper. The BRT is not a substitute for Metro or another light rail equivalent. It is a service being proposed to be added to the arsenal of public transport…
To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his Departments role from 2013 onwards in administering and managing funds for local authorities once a local government tax is introduced; if details of the expenditure will be available to public representatives through Dáil questions; if overall accountability will be held by him; and if he will make a…
To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost to local authorities of continuous maintenance of local authority housing in 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (Ms. J. O’Sullivan) Under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966,…
