Departmental Meetings

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 March 2015

Tuesday, 10 March 2015

Ceisteanna (505)

Mattie McGrath

Ceist:

505. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will document all of the correspondence, discussions and minutes of meetings and so on that took place between his Department and the Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland from 2012 to date relating to the Local Government Reform Bill 2013, the Local Government Reform Act 2014 and the document, Putting People First; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10585/15]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

As indicated in the reply to Question No. 503 on 27 May 2014, my Department had on - going engagement, both formal and informal, with the Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland (AMAI) relating to the implementation of the Action Programme for Effective Local Government, Putting People First, and the drafting of the Local Government Reform Bill 2013, which was enacted as the Local Government Reform Act 2014. The information sought is not readily collated and the collation of all the documentation as requested would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work.