Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

A report in last weekend's edition of The Sunday Business Poststated that the Government intends to put to the people in a plebiscite in October the question of directly elected mayors for Cork and Dublin, which I would very much welcome. Will the Taoiseach confirm the Government intends to take that approach? Will he involve the Opposition in that regard once the Government has made a decision? We need to be quick to consider the various options as set out in that news report to get the issue to the people in October and allow the people of Cork and Dublin to elect a mayor in May 2019.

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