Golden Goose Gets Plucked Again

Pic: Marc Diamond

atest press release from Cllr Derek Mitchell, issued on Wednesday, May 31st 2023…

The Greystones District Budget was discussed at the area meeting on Tuesday.

Greystones expenditure is 11% of All District expenditure, a decrease of 1%, but last year’s Census shows the population has increased from 18% to 20% of County Wicklow.

The staff numbers are half those of other areas even though the population has expanded massively.

An audit of all outdoor staff was to be done but was never completed.

This lack of funding shows in low maintenance of public areas and lack of the public parks which you would expect in an urban area.

Extra population must be followed by extra budget.

Greystones getting shafted by Wicklow County Council when it comes to district budgets is an annual sport, the golden goose being plucked again, and again, and again, and again, and again, agus again…