Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 593: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation allowing for directly elected mayors for local authorities and town councils. [9537/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I have no plans to introduce legislation allowing for directly elected mayors of local authorities. The provision for the direct election of mayors was repealed by section 7 of the Local Government (No. 2) Act 2003.