Local democracy and incinerators

Sir, – To set the record straight for Cllr Dermot Lacey (September 12th), it was in fact Noel Dempsey that went to government with the plan for emergency legislation to amend the 1996 Waste Management Act, in 2001. This amendment took the power out of the hands of elected representatives and placed it in the hands of local authority county managers (chief executives). – Yours, etc,

Cllr VICTOR BOYHAN,

County Hall,

Dún Laoghaire,

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Co Dublin.