Pat Casey (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will give it my best. We all know the Whip system. Some people are in a position where they can get out of the Whip system, but it is there. My party met a significant number of councils prior to Christmas. We met the IALG. We were asked to do something specifically by the IALG and we got a commitment from the Minister on the floor of the House when the Bill came before us in January that there would be direct consultation with the local authorities about the make-up of the new committee.