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

I am glad to clarify for the Senator and others that I was informed incorrectly that agreement had been reached on all aspects of local government policy, reserved functions and titles. That is not the case. The ACCC and the AMAI chose not to discuss the issue of titles because there were divergent views on it which were not reconcilable. These matters were not agreed between the two representative organisations.