John Gormley visits Limerick
Leader of the Green Party and Minister for the Environment and local government was in Limerick yesterday, and during a visit to Castletroy Community Park, we managed to get a few words with him on a number of subjects.
First on the agenda was the ongoing dispute over Limerick City’s Bounday. Asked if a resolution was in sight to the dispute between Limerick City and County councils over the boundary, the minister that his department continued to work towards a resoloution. He also noted the extension to the city’s boundary in 2008. “”We also have a number of boundary issues accross the country” he noted. He was of course referring to Cork city’s desire for a bounday extension, and a more contentious one involving Waterford City council’s bid to have their juristiction extended in to County Kilkenny.
On the subject of the ongoing scandal involving Anglo-Irish Bank, he said it was best to let the Director of Corporate Enforcement, Paul Appleby, carry out his investigation before commenting on whether the Director of Public Prosecutions be called in to investigate whether or not there was fraud. When asked who would make the decision on commencing a criminal investigation, he said it would be up to the minister for finance.
He seemed pleased with his party’s performance in Thursday’s Irish Times poll. “Our party’s figure stays the same.” he said. When pressed for a comment on the 22 percent his coalition partners in Fianna Fail received in the poll. “We’ll worry about our own party first.”
Everyone was running late, so it was a quick meet and greet with locals at the Park efore rushing off to his next engagement.