Ms Cliona Kelliher:

I work in a local authority but that is not the hat I am wearing today. It gives me perspective from both sides. Local authorities often have a very siloed approach to things. That is partly down to resourcing and partly due to institutional culture. That creates many problems when it comes to things such as a local authority acquiring land. Somebody might suggest that is a parks issue and then somebody else will claim that it is public ground, ending up with the issue bouncing back and forth with nobody wanting to take responsibility, or people feeling they do not have time to take responsibility for these things. Unfortunately, I do not have an answer to that, but better engagement and trying to shift that institutional culture would certainly help.