John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

I am dealing with a legacy of so-called local government reform from Fine Gael. It came up with those ideas and with the number of councillors, and I am trying to deal with that. It will take a while to evolve because allegiances and systems have developed which cannot be changed overnight. I am trying to integrate the position of mayor of Dublin into that.

What we have come up with is a very cost-effective system. The Deputy quoted the figure of €5 million, which, in the overall scheme, is not a significant amount. The sort of efficiency, innovation and drive that will result for this city is well worth it. This has been called for over many years but nobody has delivered on it. I intend to deliver on it in Government.

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