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A FORMER mayor of Shannon has called on Shannon Town Council authorities to outline to members of the local authority where over € 10,000 that has been put into a fund for the 2014 local elections has been diverted to.
Cllr Sean McLoughlin has made his comments ahead of the 2012 Shannon Town Council Budget meeting because the money put aside for the 2014 election won’t now be used for its intended purpose as the council is set to be abolished as part of the Government’s new blueprint for local government coming into effect in 2014.
“Every year we put away so much money for the local town election,” revealed Cllr McLoughlin.
“I am just wondering where is the money that was put in that pot, for a better word. I am wondering be- cause we won’t need to have a town election next time around, so the money that was put away won’t be used for the purpose it was put away for.
“I think there was roughly about € 3, 500 put aside each year since the 2009 election.
“The fact that it wasn’t taken out of this year’s budget drew my attention to it.
“I want to know where the three years of that money has gone,” added Cllr McLoughlin.
The Fine Gael representative has told The Clare People that money should now be ring-fenced for another project in the town.
“There was money put aside for the past three years.
“That’s over € 10,000, which is a lot of money.
“That money is just sitting there, money that could and should be put to use for something in Shannon,” he added.