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Local Government is often the butt of many jokes: from the depiction of gombeen councillors in RTE’s Hall’s Pictorial Weekly through to Pat Shortt’s more recent comic creation of Councillor Maurice Hickey there has been quite a lot of comic material emanating from local council chambers.

Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny TD has questioned Mayo County Council about the current funding available from the Minister of Environment, John Gormley TD and the administration of the housing grants available in Mayo.

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government John Gormley, has said that local authorities must plan adequately in order to respond to drinking water incidents.

Three quarters of the treated water in Tuam’s public supplies is being lost before it reaches the taps, according to a report published by Forfás this week.

Residents in Old Mervue face a three week wait before the council obtains the final reports on the feasibility of installing water filters in houses to remove the lead contamination from the water supply.

Funding for construction of housing under local authority schemes in county Carlow is set to be cut by €4.5 million over the next three years, local representatives were told.

Carlow local authorities were commended for three projects at Chambers Ireland’s fifth annual Excellence in Local Government Awards, at a ceremony held on November 6.

People power is back in vogue in Ireland. Last week’s marches on Dáil Éireann by first the elderly and then the youthful brought the nation’s capital to a standstill. These marches were followed up with a 5,000 strong protest outside Leinster House by teachers, students, parents and the concerned average Joe on Wednesday evening.

The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Éamon Ó Cuív has asked the delegation from Mayo County Council who will be giving a presentation to the members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Local Government next week to meet with him. Fianna Fáil Cllr Al McDonnell revealed the news to a special meeting of the council this week while discussing the presentation the delegation will make to the committee. Cllr McDonnell told the meeting that “just a few minutes ago Minister Éamon Ó Cuiv asked that that members of our delegation meet with him as soon as we are finished giving our presentation to the joint committee”. He continued saying that “he has been a good friend to Mayo, while we have been trying to develop the county there were others trying to stop us.”

For the second time in a little over a week a delegation of elected representatives from Mayo County Council made the long journey to Dublin to put forward the case for the county. This time the delegation were in Dublin to discuss the proposed new sewerage shceme for Belmullet town.