Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans in terms of a directly elected mayor for County Cork. [11644/18]

John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Programme for Partnership Government includes a commitment to consider directly elected mayors in cities as part of a broader range of local government reform measures aimed at strengthening local democracy. In accordance with this commitment, my Department's focus to date has been on developing policy proposals in relation to cities only.