Liam Fitzgerald (Fianna Fail)

I humbly suggest to the Minister, as he has the opportunity to do so, that we could achieve the objective of continuity for our chairs, to which all councils aspire, for reasons of effectiveness and efficiency and proper representation for councillors on the floor of the council chamber and at the same time retain the present system. In the event of any fears people may have about a chair getting too arrogant, the safeguards exist in terms of the system of election for both Houses of the Oireachtas and in the Standing Orders that pertain to ourselves.