Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government
Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised)
4:10 pm
Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I have listened to many submissions from Deputy Barry Cowen that we are getting rid of local authorities and their expertise and knowledge.
Why were we doing that? Deputy Cowen made representations to have public representatives on the board of Irish Water, but when I did that, there was a problem. When I appointed the president of the Association of County and City Councils, its democratic input, the Deputy had a problem with that.