Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We wanted, as much as possible, to retain the means by which the existing council runs in the normal way. The mayor is to bring added value. We had the ceann comhairle and leas-cheann comhairle and there are now to be a speaker and deputy speaker. It is a political call that we took on board. If we set up implementation groups to make recommendations, we are subject to accusations if we do not take them on board. We seek to take them on board as much as possible, but not in every case. This is a matter that the implementation group felt very strongly about and we have implemented the recommendation in that regard.