John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I move:

That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in accordance with Standing Order 122(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee.

Pádraic McCormack (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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He is moving on.

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The motion is not agreed. Is this the Government's greatest priority currently? Is creating a directly elected mayor for Dublin the best it can do? That Fianna Fáil is going along with this Green Party vanity project is outrageous. Fine Gael rejects the motion.

Deputies:

Hear, hear.

Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Under the document that the Government has signed on our behalf, we must give weekly reports to our European partners and the IMF. I am sure they will be delighted to hear this morning that we will spend €8 million-----

Pádraic McCormack (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Wasting.

Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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-----on a project that will result in five and a half mayors in Dublin and three separate quangos. The Labour Party gave the House an opportunity this morning to see some sense on this issue. Just before the last vote, Deputy Kennedy was actually supporting a Labour Party motion.

Séamus Kirk (Louth, Ceann Comhairle)
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We cannot have a prolonged debate at this time.