Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Perhaps for the benefit of the House I should elaborate a little further on the matter. A number of representatives have raised the issue of the inclusion of a non-elected person on the CPG in terms of the leader of the local community development committee, LCDC. I know that the representative organisations and Deputies Barry Cowen, Brian Stanley and Catherine Murphy also expressed concern about this issue. There is a need to ensure that the views of the local community development committee are adequately represented on the council. However, this might be more appropriate to the relevant SPC rather than the CPG.

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