Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation that will be used to amalgamate LEADER and Integrated local development companies into local authorities under Putting People First; if their financing will be ring fenced; the discussions he has held with the bodies involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54347/12]

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