Editing County Limerick (section)

===Local government===
The local government area of Limerick City and County is under the jurisdiction of [[Limerick City and County Council]]. The council has responsibility for local services such as sanitation, planning and development, libraries, collection of motor taxation, local roads and social housing in the city. The council comprises elected [[councillors]] with an appointed full-time CEO as both city and county manager. Until June 2014 the county was divided into two separate local government areas, administered by separate authorities: [[Limerick City Council]] and [[Limerick County Council]]. In October 2012 the Government of Ireland published ''Putting People First: Action Programme for Effective Local Government'' which set out Government policy for reforms across all the main areas of local government in Ireland. Among the recommendations was the merging of the city and the county of Limerick into a single local government area. The [[Local Government Reform Act 2014]] implemented this change, which came into effect on 1 June 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government_in_ireland/local_and_regional_government/local_authorities.html|title=Local authorities|work=citizensinformation.ie|access-date=1 June 2014|archive-date=6 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606045428/http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government_in_ireland/local_and_regional_government/local_authorities.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Irish legislation|name=[[Local Government Reform Act 2014]]|section=9|stitle=Cesser and amalgamation of certain local government areas|year=2014|number=1|date=27 January 2014|access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref> This change saw a reduction in five in the total number of councillors representing the city and county.