Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 February 2017
255. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the Drogheda boundary review; when the final decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8256/17]
View answerIn June 2015, an independent statutory committee was appointed to carry out a review of local government boundaries in Athlone, Carlow, Drogheda and Waterford. In each case, the committee was asked to carry out a review of the boundary between the respective local authorities and to make recommendations with respect to those boundaries and any consequential matters that they consider necessary in the interests of effective local government. The report in relation to Drogheda was submitted to me in the past week. I will be considering it, along with the other boundary reports, in the context both of ongoing work in relation to the future of local government in Ireland and also the development of Ireland 2040, the new National Planning Framework, over the coming months. I intend to address all relevant issues as part of the overall report on local government matters to be submitted to Government and the Oireachtas in mid-2017 under the Programme for a Partnership Government.
