Dr. Eoin O'Malley:

The Senator is right that one of the things this does is talk about one Limerick, whereas for Ennis, in County Clare, Shannon or Nenagh to be successful it needs a strong Limerick. Again, I am not sure whether this needs to reflected in this legislation or just in the greater vision of it, but a mayor of Limerick needs to be able to consider issues such as Shannon Airport, transport to Ennis and the transport infrastructure to Nenagh. I am not sure that is currently looked at. Maybe it is looked at only within the Southern Regional Assembly.