Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

Question 12: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the degree to which he has satisfied himself that the commitment given to the House by a predecessor during the passage of legislation to abolish the dual mandate, to the effect that Oireachtas Members would continue to have access to the local authority institutions in line with that then in existence, the discussions he has had with the local authorities in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15589/11]

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