Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have been given a date of July this year and I thank the Minister for that. However, it is very disappointing that it has taken this long. The review was set up way back in 2017, when the LCDCs had been in operation for three years. Various replies, from before the current Minister's time, told us it would be 2018 and early 2019 but now it is to be July 2019. Is the Minister certain it will be published in July? This document is vital because we have to look at whether the LCDCs are operating properly in terms of governance. We also have to look at them in the context of sustainable development goals and climate change, which have taken on a new urgency.

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