Department to review local government reforms of 2014

The Department of the Environment and Local Government is to carry out a review of its 2014 reform of local government.

The restructuring of local government brought about the abolishing of town councils and a subsequent reduction in the number of local authorities from 114 to 31. With some county councils also amalgamated and refined, the reforms led to a cut of 678 councillors.

Most significantly, at local authority level, power was handed over to municipal district bodies.