Mayoral Election

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 March 2018

Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Ceisteanna (264)

Shane Cassells

Ceist:

264. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the timeframe for holding plebiscites on a directly elected mayor for Dublin and other cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10754/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government

At its meeting of 26 September 2017, the Government agreed, as part of an indicative schedule for a number of referendums over the next 18 months, that a plebiscite on directly elected mayors would take place in October 2018.  My Department is prioritising the drafting of the legislation required to give effect to this decision and it is included in the Government's legislation programme as a Bill to be published in the first half of this year.