Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 May 2017
20. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for the administrative boundary between counties Waterford and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24975/17]
View answerThe report of the Waterford Local Boundary Review Group is one of four such review processes initiated under the previous Government. The groups were asked to carry out a review of the boundaries between the relevant 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.
Minister Coveney will address all relevant issues arising from this report and from other recent and forthcoming reports on local government arrangements, as part of an overall report on local government matters which he will be submitting to Government and the Oireachtas pursuant to the Programme for Partnership Government. However, the Minister has indicated, without prejudging the submission to Government and the Oireachtas or ongoing reviews, that he will not be proposing the implementation of the recommendation to change the county boundary between Kilkenny and Waterford and that appropriate alternative arrangements will be developed to address the issues identified in the review.
Work on the preparation of the report to Government and the Oireachtas is continuing in my Department with a view to its completion later in the Summer.
