Sinn Féin – Shallow in their Commitment to Dublin
STATEMENT BY Cllr DERMOT LACEY
Labour Party Councillor on Dublin City Council
SINN FÉIN – Shallow in their commitment to Democracy and shallow in their policies for Dublin.
Speaking in advance of the Dublin City Council meeting to adopt a new City Development Plan for 2005-2011, former Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Dermot Lacey said that while recent events had shown Sinn Fein to be shallow in terms of their commitment to Democratic norms
now we see that they are as shallow in their policies for the future of Dublin”.
“Despite all their talk, despite the hype and despite their numbers on the City Council increasing from four to ten it would appear that Sinn Fein members on Dublin City Council continue to have little to say, and have little input into the future of Dublin.
“Of the 117 amendments submitted by Councillors to the Draft Development Plan only five have been submitted by Sinn Fein -the Party we are constantly being told are “active on the ground” and the only Party “in touch with the electorate”. In contrast Labour Party Councillors submitted sixty-nine of the proposed amendments.
“At the time of the last Local Elections, I publicized the fact that Sinn Fein had not put forward even one single amendment to the Draft Development Plan.
“Now six months after those elections Sinn Fein still have little to say on the future of Dublin. Clearly posturing and spin is easier than engaging in practical politics and delivering real results to local communities”.
