Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the members of the delegation - Mr. Ryan, Councillor McCarthy, Councillor Callaghan, Councillor Meehan and Councillor Moylan. The presentation by the AMAI, as always, was well put together and thought out.

The point I made about the difference with the North is that the numbers in the North under the review of public administration, RPA, would give 1,185 councillors in that jurisdiction. It is correct that there are rates in the North. It is part of the British taxation system but one gets services for it. Deputy Coonan forgot to mention that. In terms of town councils and municipal districts-----