Services Provided by Local Councils
The Councils are responsible for a huge range of services in your area.
These include:
- Waste and Water Services
- Housing
- Planning and Development
- Fire and Emergency Service
- Environmental protection
- Leisure and Amenity Services
- parks, pools, playgrounds
- Motor Tax
- The Library service
- Building and maintenance of local roads
- Public lighting
Local Authorities are also concerned with the promotion of the general economic, social and cultural development of their areas and work with other agencies and interests to promote development.
Local government has a huge effect on the day to day lives of your area than most other areas of public administration. But it is different than say the Revenue Commissioners or the Department of the Environment for example in that Local Government is democratically elected.
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