John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

The fact is that this is what we are going to implement in the context of the White Paper. It is very important, when talking about regional government, that one actually gets it right. There are contentious issues around borders - literally, where one draws the line - and we are going through this step by step. I can report that we had an excellent meeting yesterday and that I am getting full and total support from my Cabinet colleagues in this regard.

The Deputy referred to the directly elected mayor. It is very unusual for a Minister to design a job for a member of the Opposition. Despite all the Deputy's misgivings, there will be a queue around the corner in his own party looking for this job.

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