Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

Again, I would say that the authority is independent. Obviously, I would not want any agency under my authority to promote something that would cause difficulty and annoyance for people. There is no doubt that the authority should bear in mind that it must be very careful in what it does but to be fair, it was endeavouring as much as possible to highlight the issue of assisting older people in their lives.

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