Mary Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fail)
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Not really. While homelessness would be one of the streams in which the delivery of housing would be considered, it would be more appropriate under No. 3 or No. 9.

On the comments on the issue of directly elected mayors, I accept what the former Lord Mayor of Dublin, Deputy McAuliffe, said and I am sure he will be looking for the nomination. On that point and on the point made by Deputy Ó Broin, I accept that the programme for Government has a commitment on a directly elected mayor for Limerick, that we will consider that and that there is talk of a Citizens' Assembly for a directly elected mayor for Dublin. With Covid-19, however, I do not know what prospect there is of a Citizens' Assembly. I wanted to put it on the work programme of the committee that the directly elected mayor for Dublin would be considered. I accept that it will only be successful if there is some reform of local government and that could be considered under that heading.