Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will take the advice I am given and I am willing to be directed. I will make a quick point. Local authorities should abandon the proposal to have directly elected mayors. This is costing each local authority €500,000, although the Government if providing that funding. In these times, the local authorities should dispense with that until we have a country to live in. The €500,000 could then be used elsewhere.