Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister has written to council CEOs and there will be regulation, which will come into effect from 1 July. We will have an opportunity to debate the matter again.

I heard Senator Davitt's remarks on opposing the issue, so I will finish on this point. This is the first time in 15 years that anything has been done for councillors. I accept that Senators have an issue with the anomaly relating to urban councillors in particular, in that they do not necessarily have municipal areas under the terms of the electoral-----