Lynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Yes, but I refer to giving the same importance to the role that any community organisation plays, without naming a specific organisation. I understand this is spread across the country. We are naming the statutory bodies and then naming community organisations. I know that seems quite vague because it is wide open, but it places the same importance on it as on these. I do not understand why it is okay for us to name statutory organisations as playing such an important role in community safety. They play an important role, and community organisations are not on that same footing. They will be in guidelines. The power imbalance there is stark because then those statutory organisations get to name who is in and who is out. It does not seem to give any power to some of the community organisations, whether they be voluntary or community reps. They nearly have to advocate their way or wait for someone to appoint them. They are not named as umbrella bodies somehow with the other statutory organisations.