Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is overstating the role of what is being proposed here. I accept his statement that he will await the feedback from the working group. While I welcome that, I appeal to him to try to give due recognition to the voluntary groups. They are haphazard at present and some of them do not have a uniform system for how they are elected or to establish their mandate. That must be addressed too, along with linking them into the local authority system.

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