Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has met voluntary and community organisations recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54228/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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My Department has a broad remit in relation to the Community and Voluntary Sector and therefore regular meetings are held with a variety of voluntary and community organisations and their representative bodies, for example in relation to housing policy, the environment, or local and community development issues.

I have had meetings in recent weeks with Social Justice Ireland and the Irish Local Development Network at which a broad range of relevant issues were discussed.