John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It comes under the programme for Government. Although delaying a plebiscite for the people of Dublin on whether they should choose to directly elect a mayor, and in doing so reversing previous commitments given by the Tánaiste, the Taoiseach has agreed and committed to constituting a special citizens' assembly of Dubliners. We welcome this measure if only for the reason that such a citizens' assembly would probably end up being even more radical than those on this side of the House who are proponents of a directly elected mayor. Will the Taoiseach confirm - this is important - that the 100 members of the proposed citizens' assembly would be drawn exclusively from the electoral registers of the four Dublin local authorities?

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