Ms AnnMarie Farrelly:

On staffing, it is not clear. The mayor might have responsibility for education but might not be the employer of schoolteachers, for example. Again, that would all have to be worked out.

On how the cabinet interacts with the rest of the structures, it is unclear what the cabinet will be and what powers it will have. For example, will it have decision-making powers over and above the local council? On the one hand, it is another level. What does it do and why is it there? On the other hand, if it is there, what powers will it have?

On borrowing and financing, there is a slight nervousness that the borrowing might be for one location but have a consequence for the entire Dublin city and county. How would the funding work across all of the areas as against the current situation, where if Fingal borrows, it borrows for Fingal? That is also something that would need to be looked at. The mayor, without funding or revenue-raising powers, will not work, so I totally appreciate that there is an element of work there to understand how it could work in the future.