Reaction to Fitzgerald proposal
We kinda guessed he would be pleased with this.
Maurice Quinlivan, Sinn Féin representative in Limerick and Limerick East election candidate, has reacted positively to John Fitzgerald’s proposal to extend the City boundary past the three areas of Moyross, Pineview, Craeval and Delmage.
In a statement received by the Limerick blogger he welcomed the request by the new Czar for Moyross, who suggested the extension, which Mr. Quinlivan has consistantly proposed since May of this year.
“The preliminary plan presented to County Councillors represents significant progress in the quest to end the unique and somewhat absurd situation whereby these three Limerick City Council housing estates are in County Limerick despite the wishes of the overwhelming majority of the residents. In the door-to-door Survey we in Sinn Fein carried out in the 3 estates this Summer we found that 93% of respondents wanted to be in the City. People had no affiliation whatsoever to the County and indeed felt their needs were never addressed by the County Council. They also felt that as things stood they had no political representation and almost 97% of them didn’t know who their local County Councillors were. I would now call on Limerick City Council to issue a clear statement that they are willing to incorporate this area into the City’s jurisdiction.”
“We would like to take this opportunity to thank Limerick County Council for responding positively to the approach to them from John Fitzgerald and indeed to our approach to the County Council in May with the findings of our survey in relation to this matter that we conducted in the areas concerned. Therefore, Sinn Fein once again calls on the Minister to move with some urgency to resolve this anomalous and bizzare situation by transferring these three estates into the jurisdiction of Limerick City Council. We also wish to reiterate our gratitude to the local residents for their co-operation in the carrying out of the survey. It is the intention of Sinn Fein to do all that we can to pursue this matter to a successful conclusion.â€? “