Mr. Art O'Leary:

On when? The conversation so far has all been about the local elections, because people are focused on local government services and so on. Doing it outside of that time would require a specially designed engagement programme for the people of Dublin. Luckily, we have an Electoral Commission for that now. It is not beyond the realms of possibility that we could have it at any time. The national conversation in June of next year will be about local government services and about the European Parliament. That seems like the best time but the other is out of it.

Which powers would be provided remains a matter for the Oireachtas. The big issues that members identified were housing and homelessness, transport, and other services including planning, water and so on. If committee members look at the scale of the results, they will be able to prioritise internally the assembly's views on these matters. Maybe Dr. Quinn would like to talk about the Limerick experience.