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

The Minister has said he will not contact the Association of Irish Local Government until after the regulations have been made. He also said he does not have a problem with this. That is the problem. The composition of the forum will depend on what the Minister of the day thinks about who he or she wants to be there. In this amendment, my party is attempting to set out specific categories such as householders, commercial water users and trade unionists.

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