Council's 'lack of responsibility' Slammed

A LOCAL councillor has criticised the local authority for failing to answer questions over the storage over radioactive waste in the city’s four hospitals.Labour Party councillor Colette Connolly accused the City Council of a “lack of responsibility” on the issue, after they ignored a Notice of Motion for full report on the matter to be presented to councillors next Monday.Cllr Connolly had submitted the motion with her party colleagues Billy Cameron and Tom Costello for discussion at a special local authority meeting on Monday to discuss Notices of Motion.However, in a hand delivered reply to Cllr Connolly on Wednesday, Director of Services for the Environment Tom Hernon said the Council had written to the relevant authorities and would report to councillors as soon as replies are received.Cllr Connolly told the Galway City Tribune: “It is totally unfair that I receive a reply on the Wednesday before the meeting, and there is no way for me to resubmit the motion before Monday’s meeting. “How can I represent the people if this is how the Council deal with questions? Councillors are allowed to raise three motions, but just days beforehand, the Council manage to have one of mine taken off the list without discussion.“I asked that the Council contact the HSE and the Environmental Protection Agency and present a report to us on the extent of storage of all categories of waste, including radioactive, at UHG, Merlin Park, Bon Secours and Doughiska [Galway Clinic], and for the HSE to indicate whether incineration...