Lucan ‘bypassed’ in council 2015 budget

Lucan ‘bypassed’ in council 2015 budget

Despite Budget 2015 being adopted not all reactions have been positive – with a number of councillors claiming that Lucan “is once again being bypassed by the Council.”

Ed O'BrienAccording to some Lucan councillors, long awaited sports pavilions in Griffeen will now be delayed after a decision by the majority of South Dublin County council members to remove it from the budget. 
The decision came late into the budget negotiation process, which saw €600,000, originally allocated for sports pavilions stripped from the budget 
The funding for the pavilions was removed from the Budget alongside a proposed increase in the business support grant and an increase in housing maintenance funds – in order to prevent a government imposed rent increase of €1.3 million for social housing tenants.
The decision was blasted by local Lucan councillor Ed’OBrien who said: “Two things annoyed me about this decision. As an outsider looking in for many years I noticed time and again that Lucan was being bypassed by the council.

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