{"id":317,"date":"2017-10-19T08:07:19","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T07:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/time-has-come-for-a-directly-elected-mayor-for-dublin\/"},"modified":"2017-10-19T08:07:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T07:07:19","slug":"time-has-come-for-a-directly-elected-mayor-for-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/time-has-come-for-a-directly-elected-mayor-for-dublin\/","title":{"rendered":"Time has come for a Directly Elected Mayor for Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the recent announcement by the government that it intends to hold a plebiscite on Directly Elected Mayors for cities, Social Democrats Councillor Cian O\u2019Callaghan said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a strong supporter of a Directly Elected Mayor for Dublin \u2013 I was the only councillor in Fingal County Council to speak in favour of this proposal when the council voted against a proposed plebiscite in 2014, denying the people of Dublin a chance to have their say.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe days of indirectly elected ceremonial Mayors providing cover for non-elected Council Chief Executives should come to an end and has no place in my view in a modern Republic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are several questions that we need to discuss before this proposal is put to the people of Dublin in the coming years:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Who will hold a Directly Elected Mayor to account between elections? Will there be a directly elected Dublin Assembly?
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Will any new structures replace the current four Dublin local authorities each with their own Mayor or will they be put in place in addition to the four Dublin local authorities?
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What competencies, powers and functions would a Directly Elected Mayor have?\u201d<\/p>\n

Cllr O\u2019Callaghan added:<\/p>\n

\u201cTo open a discussion on these proposals, and to look at other measures to enhance local democracy such as participatory budgeting, I\u2019m hosting together with Cllr. Dermot Looney and Cllr. Gary Gannon a public event this Saturday at 2.30 pm in the Gresham Hotel, O\u2019Connell Street, Dublin. Anyone interested is very welcome to attend.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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