Government to consider report which backs more powers for Dublin mayor who would represent whole city
“The members have spoken loudly and clearly about the need for reform and their recommendations on a series of new structures to support the new directly-elected mayor will represent a major change in how our city is run and will, I believe, transform the shape and direction of local government in the city and county for generations to come,” Mr Gavin said.
The assembly recommended that the decision on whether or not Dublin should have a directly-elected mayor should be put to the people of the Greater Dublin Area in a plebiscite. The four existing local authority areas, though, should be retained, but there should also be a new Dublin City and County Assembly to make policy proposals to the mayor, to approve the budget and to scrutinise legislation.
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