Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

While I welcome the Minister of State's response, it is clear that it does not go far enough. He will have expected me to say that. The difference is that the Minister of State is listening. I welcome that very much. It is important to have a Minister of State who listens. I think we have put a cogent argument to the Minister. A municipal council will never do the business. We need a city management structure. I appreciate that we can start the discussion by putting cogent, sensible and incisive arguments to the Minister of State. I thank him for his comments.