Dr. Eoin O'Malley:

We should try to be as ambitious as possible and use this as an opportunity to trial something in Limerick with an eye to it happening in Dublin. We should look for whatever powers it is possible to get. This is a way to get things done in the future. Most members have been councillors and have ideas about where problems lie. Measures that are introduced in this Bill might give a chance to reform local government more generally.