An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Seanad Éireann — 2024-01-24
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John McGahon (FG), Cultural and Educational Panel

That was excellent timing. I thank the Cathaoirleach for letting me in at the very last minute.
I do not want to anticipate what I hope to say later in the Second Stage debate on the Limerick mayor. It is very specific to Limerick, however. Therefore, I just want to talk about local government in general and the concept of mayors. First, they are a very good idea. Second, every county in Ireland and every local authority should have a directly elected mayor. That is a very good thing because where there are directly elected mayors in each local authority, they are elected for a five-year term with a very specific mandate whereby they have to go out and actually try to deliver that.
Did someone else raise this issue before me?

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