Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I know the Minister of State as a man of his word. The problem is not him; the problem is those who come after him. As he knows, we are all in transient positions here. We come, we go. Putting what we are requesting here on a statutory footing in the legislation leaves no ambiguity and no room for anybody to say that is not what was meant or we have the power to shift that or we can change this, that or the other. By putting it into the legislation we do the city a favour. We make the mayor of Limerick a statutory position in all aspects. I am not going to spend forever speaking on this. I will leave it at that and trust that the Minister of State will accept this amendment. We can solidify it on Report Stage without a vote today, if possible.