Mr. Paul Lemass:

The municipal district system tries to achieve that, whereby one has the integral corporate body but decision making is at a local level within the municipal district. In the context of the LEA terms of reference, one would expect to see LEAs at a smaller level still, which would enable political representation at a smaller than municipal district level.

The Deputy mentioned that Limerick had no town council which means that essentially, there was no sub-county governance structure in Limerick before the reforms-----