Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will be brief. I oppose the Bill as I do not agree with it. As I have said from day one, I think it is wrong that Galway should be lumped in with Cork. I will refer to the plebiscite in a moment. If a merger is to go ahead it should be a separate Bill going through the Dáil on its own merit not to be added in with Cork. I do not agree with what the Minister of State is proposing on the plebiscites for a directly elected mayor. I have always supported the system we have in Galway. I think it works very well. In his opening comments on the section, did the Minister of State say there would be a plebiscite for a directly elected mayor in Galway city and also in Galway county?