Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Did the Minister of State consider having that option available for councillors who do opt to have a temporary substitute? They are still going to have a lot of emails coming into their accounts. An arrangement could be made for the substitute to deal with that, but it is not ideal in the sense that the substitute is obviously going to be new in the role. If a person is filling the substitute role for a short period like that, even just to attend meetings and functions, etc., he or she may not be best set up to deal with the full burden of the representational stuff that comes in.