Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for his reply. Arising from the commitment by a previous Minister to the House during the passage of the legislation referred to in the question wherein he indicated the desirability of interaction between Oireachtas Members and local authority members with a view to keeping a united approach on the issues likely to arise in local authority areas, could the Minister further indicate whether it might be desirable to review the extent to which the commitment is being carried out to date, and that we do not have a situation of a dwindling line of correspondence between the Oireachtas and local authorities?

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