Niall Ó Brolcháin (Green Party)

We need a debate as soon as possible.

On the issue of directly elected mayors, there is a wider debate with regard to local government reform. It is important that we do not look upon the establishment of a directly elected Dublin mayor as an end in itself; we must also consider mayors for cities such as Galway, Cork, Waterford and Limerick, as well as greater regionalisation and local government reform.