Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)

I welcome any response to those questions. The scheme cannot be implemented. As someone who has served on a local authority, in opposition and in power, I refer to connectivity between national and local government. Does the Minister see merit in the idea that strategic policy committees of local authorities, which should have a strategic role in the development of regions, would be better served by having Oireachtas Members from the area included? This would be the same as policing committees facilitating Oireachtas Members. Is this a consideration he will examine when drawing up the White Paper?

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