This is not a Bill to reform local government; it is aimed at reducing it in size. Fellow members of North Tipperary County Council feel that the council will be worse off when it loses the Oireachtas Members because it is they who can contest most strongly the power of the manager. One of the reasons for this is that being Members, especially of this House, gives us access to information that is extremely useful at local authority level. These developments could diminish the role of the local authority.