Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There has been huge concern about this. Obviously, a major change is taking place. I have been a member of two local development companies, one of the original companies and a later one. With regard to the corporate entity, I am aware of some companies whose members are now finding themselves with responsibilities that they did not realise they had. To clarify, the funding will come to the local authority, the local authority will be the corporate body and there will not be another corporate body outside it.