'If people are feeling as if all business is done behind closed doors, we must do everything in our power to try and fix that'
A Northern Ireland council has been urged to do everything in its powers to end a "culture of behind closed doors" politics as councillors are being "hammered" by the public.
"We've got to get away from reports going into closed session that we could be putting partially or fully in to open session. "We are getting it in the neck from people and I know all councillors are getting it in the neck, by people saying, 'we don't know what's happening in the council as its all behind closed doors'.
"We have never taken out commercially sensitive information, unlike some, but we've got to respect that we can't just turn round to people, asking about the amount of items in confidential session and just say, 'well that's the policy'. She said: "I absolutely agree, it is a really, really important topic and you are quite right that we seem to be under more scrutiny than other councils, in terms of what we are debating in open session.
A local authority officer responded: "We are trialling this at the next active and healthy committee on Monday .
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