84.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Public Assistance Act, 1939, the functional area of a local authority specified in subsection (2) shall become and be a public assistance district for the purposes of that Act, and the local authority shall be the public assistance authority for the public assistance district.

(2) The following shall be local authorities for the purposes of this section—

the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin;

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the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Cork;

the council of the county of Cork;

the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Limerick;

the council of the county of Limerick;

the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Waterford;

the council of the county of Waterford.