Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 November 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)
Mr. Art O'Leary:
On that point, you do not have to run a plebiscite at the same time as the local elections. We have not had an election in this country since 2020. In the next 23 months, we will have every type of electoral event that it is possible to have. We could have up to a dozen electoral events in the next 23 months. That could be the time to do it. We could take some time to develop the general scheme and go with one of the other electoral events, because it is just a plebiscite for the people of Dublin, if it was felt that we needed the time to do this properly. As Deputy Ó Broin said, we will get one shot at this. It is very important that we get it right.
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