Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Is anybody else coming in on that? No. My next question probably follows on from Senator Moynihan's contribution. She very much stated that the recommendations are the recommendations and it is not necessarily up to us as a committee to reinvent them but it is more to figure out how to implement them. I have a friend who sat on the Dublin citizens' assembly who I think would very much share that view. I am a little concerned because I really want the Dublin lord mayor to work. When we look at all of the functions due to be devolved in the current set of recommendations, I am concerned it might not work. It is quite a lot and the budgets and staffing still have to be figured out in terms of how we could make it work. If the recommendations as they are were implemented what would that look like for the witnesses' local authorities? What impact would that have on current budgets?

We talked a little about staff. What impact would that have on local representatives in terms of the reserved functions they currently have? We have touched a little as well on the impact it may have on the community. I know South Dublin County Council does amazing work in terms of the community recognition awards. It has constant community initiative grants. Would things like that change as well under the current set of recommendations?