Ms Kate Feeney:

Reference was made to the expanse of the powers to be devolved. When reading through the report, it is interesting to note that the cities taken as examples are in countries with strong regional structures. These are not central powers but powers that are already regionally devolved. It makes sense in these instances to further devolve the powers to cities but this would not necessarily sit comfortably within the Irish structure. That is just something to keep in the back of one's mind.