Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I agree with the Minister's statement that we have a very centralised form of government and, for that reason, expected that a series of local authority reforms would be included in the Bill. The Minister spoke about breaking the link but new regulations are needed as part of that process to allow members of local authorities to have access to county and city managers. When I raised this matter on Second Stage, the Minister mentioned he would introduce guidelines later in the year.