Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed)

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

Okay. It is related to this. I meet people who are frequently very annoyed about the lack of provision. It is not just the general public provision but there is that key issue in areas where there is newer housing. It is dense, people do not have driveways, and they cannot put in the charging points. There is also older housing that is densely built and designed, where they cannot put it in. There is a lack of anyone driving that. It is an area where one would imagine if there is a directly elected mayor who is accountable, these things would not be going on for years. Voters would expect them to be able to sort this out and get a bit of co-ordination on it. One wonders if things like that, which do not get enough prominence, might be driven a bit more by a directly elected mayor. That is just an observation.

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