Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will be brief. I will speak to the section and amendment No. 84. I echo everything that has been said by Senator Chambers. I thank the Minister for her engagement. There has been a lot of discussion about councillor representative bodies. I was on a conference call this morning with the president of the AILG and received an email from its office afterwards which warmly welcomed the situation as it stands at the moment, with one caveat. I heard the Minister refer to it earlier, but I wish to put it on the record, namely, that the Minister would commit to consulting councillor representative bodies when developing the regulations. The AILG was quite happy with the representation of the number of councillors that could possibly be on a community policing partnership. It warmly welcomed the fact that councillors would not be barred from being the chair of community safety partnerships. That was its only ask. That is all I have to say.