Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will not need much latitude. I accept that the Minister of State has looked at this closely with his team. It was an attempt to make sure that the delegation of the previous mayor would not carry through automatically to the next mayor. The Minister of State has satisfactorily explained that this would not be the case. I accept his explanation and thank him for it.

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