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Town Councils abolished

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  • 24-10-2012 12:09pm
    #1
    skylock
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭


    The the disbandment of Town Councils is I feel wrong.what was phil Hogan thinking of getting rid of the local voice democracy is all but dead in Ireland.


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    galwayrush
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    We can't afford them.


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    [Deleted User]
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    What exactly do they do?

    http://www.ballinasloe.ie/en/AboutYourCouncil/
    They seem to be just a duplication of some of the services provided by the county council.


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    chris2008x
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    Its not the urban councils we cant afford its the county councils.

    Big shortfalls expected with the planned property tax for most county councils so Phil Hogan thinks by abolishing the town/borough/city councils will cover this. With the county councils over these towns they will generate more income from rents/business rates/parking etc. Its not to save money its to save county councils (which most are already in the red) going broke and to fund rural Ireland.

    If you own a business in Clonmel for example, with one council in charge of the whole of Tipperary in 2014 the business rate you would have paid Clonmel Borough Council will now go to the civic offices in Nenagh and be used to cover in pot holes in some godforsaken place like Upperchurch or Puckane.

    Someone in Thurles who pays the property tax in 2014 their money will be spent on the laying of loose chippings on some godforsaken rural road.

    Urban Ireland will be subsidizing rural Ireland.

    Majority of town councils in Ireland are in the black and have money in the bank and remember most of these udc's get less than 500k in funding every year from the Dept of environment, the rest of the money they raise themselves. Town councils are great value for money, same cant be said for the county councils.

    To those of you who paid the household charge you were scammed you will see a massive reduction in spending on local services and roads.


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    kippy
    Registered Users Posts: 18,585 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    chris2008x wrote: »
    Urban Ireland will be subsidizing rural Ireland.

    It always has........and always will.......


    We have far too many elected representatives in this country, there's no need for the vast amount of local and national representatives we have and at least in Galway, I can only see the city council as a major drain on resources and shackle holding the city back.


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