Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The problem we have is with the director general doing that although, as I said, I have the utmost respect for the present CEO of Limerick City and County Council, who will automatically become the director general. Even so, other councils would like to replicate what we are doing. I tabled 14 amendments to the Bill and the two most important ones are the one we called a vote on earlier and this one, which is the most crucial part. The mayor will have to be able to assemble whatever he or she believes to be the best team of existing staff members and that has to-----