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

The Irish Examiner yesterday reported a division within the Cabinet concerning plebiscites on directly elected mayors for Cork, Waterford, Limerick and Galway. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, was reported as stating there was no proper costing of the proposal and the Attorney General as stating there were no details of what the powers of the mayors would be. It is due for debate later today. Will the Taoiseach indicate if the Government has decided whether there will be plebiscites for those cities in May? If so, when does the Taoiseach expect the mayors to be in place?

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