Motion in the name of COUNCILLOR BRID SMITH AND COUNCILLOR CIERAN PERRY

This Council records a vote of no confidence in the Fianna Fail/Green
Party Government. This Government is presiding over the greatest
economic and financial crises in the history of the state.
Rather than making those responsible pay, the government are
demanding that those who are not in any way responsible, the poor, and
those on low to middle incomes, shoulder the burden, while at the same
time overseeing a massive transfer of wealth to bail out banks and
developers.

This Council condemns the government for the drastic consequences
that the cuts in local authority funding are having on the provision of
services at Council level. These cuts will impact most on the most
disadvantaged areas and on the most vulnerable within them.