Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would share the Deputy's concerns and I have heard reports on a change in the non-opening of Citizens Information centres. They have been one of the great and enduring civic actions of citizen empowerment and participation down through the years and I would be a strong advocate of them. When I was Lord Mayor of Cork, I had the honour of granting the freedom of the city to Maureen Curtis-Black, who was a great early advocate of citizens information. I will come back to the Deputy on that and check out exactly what is happening with that. These are issues that should evolve over time and having an online service should be complementary. We know that not all people are in a position to access online information and sometimes that human interaction matters in allaying concerns that certain people may have.

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