John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Casey struck on one of the key issues I referred to earlier, which is who councillors can approach for advice. That is one of those soft supports. I do not know whether it should be one person. In some of the larger authorities such as Dublin City Council, which has the second-largest elected chamber in the country at 63 people, it might need to be more than one person. In any case, there should be someone there whose role and function is to give the elected representative the full knowledge of what his or her reserved functions are in relation to a particular policy issue before a local authority. There is a gap in that regard currently but the whole area will be considered.