Mr. Noel Dempsey:

I cannot say I agree with what has been said by my colleagues in relation to the municipal districts. Senator Murphy mentioned them. I just want to touch on the point about the town teams. I do not understand the logic of limiting the number of councillors who can sit on the town team. If there is a town team in an area, all of the members of the municipal district should be on it, with members of outside bodies and so on. This is another example of undermining the councillors and I do not think it should stand.