The system that was in place was fair and workable. If the local authority was deficient in its duty in making such decisions the Minister could abolish that authority. That happened in Dublin in 1969, when the council, under the late Frank Cluskey, was abolished until 1973. We could have had a similar situation in Cork if Fine Gael members of the local authority had come on board with the Labour Party and Independent members; we could have been staring abolition in the face. If the Lord Mayor of Dublin had not acted as he did then the city council might have been abolished. Nobody wants to see a local authority abolished but that is the situation. It is the recourse the Minister has and it is democracy. Whether we like it or not, that system was workable and successful.