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

I move amendment No. 90:

In page 65, line 20, to delete “two-thirds” and substitute “half”.

These amendments are about the removal of the mayor from office. Given that there could be a situation where a mayor is elected by the general public and that may well not coincide with who has a majority on a council or anything like that, I can understand a rationale for having a threshold for removal by elected members that is above 50%. What rationale was used to arrive at these thresholds? I am concerned about the 75% threshold being high. I ask the Minister of State to explain how those thresholds were arrived at and what the specific rationales on them are.