Ms Kate Feeney:

I suppose the report and the recommendations already veer towards the fact that this will be done on a phased basis. They were not thinking about geographical phasing but about phasing the devolution, so that it would not all go at once. Certainly if there is merit in phasing the devolution of power, there is also merit in geographical phasing. Ultimately, it probably makes it a little easier to manage. My opinion is that one is potentially risking people feeling left out of the process or if it is not as successful as we hope, people in Fingal may say they do not want to buy into that and they are happy to stay out on their own. My opinion is that there are pros and cons to it.