He said: "We are consistently told the government is still committed to a statutory register, but nothing has been done since its disappointing consultation last year".
"However, should responses to the consultation prove disappointing, it is imperative that we make the necessary savings, meaning that we may have to close 29 libraries".
"This strikes me as blackmail to force only one outcome, which is disappointing given that the consultation process hasn't really started yet".
The response to the web consultation was disappointing and did not match with partner not-for-profit organisation expectations.
Earlier this month the government published a disappointing response to the long-awaited consultation on early-years funding.
Tendai Biti, the general secretary of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, or M.D.C., called the outcome of the Council consultations "tragic as it is disappointing".
Janice Smyth, the Northern Ireland director at the Royal College of Nursing, said the decision was "hugely disappointing" and that there had been no consultation or engagement from the department.
He told the BBC: "It is disappointing that we have to wait for another consultation before government decides whether to help people use less electricity.
"It's extremely disappointing that they have proposed this scheme without any prior consultation," said one investor, who declined to be named.
At consultation, it was thought too radical, but also "unadventurous, disappointing, bland, harsh and cold".
"This is a disappointing decision taken in haste without the required level of discussion and consultation," said Augustine P. Mahiga, the United Nations special representative for Somalia.
