Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 74:

In page 54, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:
“Area committees
41. The Principal Act is amended by substituting the following for section 50:“50. (1) A local authority to which this section applies may establish by resolution a committee in respect of a local electoral area or of 2 or more adjoining such areas or any other area in its administrative area to be known by some appropriate name followed by the words ‘Area Committee’, or by such other title, as may be designated by the authority.
(2) This section applies to the following local authorities:
(a) Cork City Council;
(b) Dublin City Council;
(c) Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council;
(d) Fingal County Council;
(e) Galway City Council;
(f) South Dublin County Council.”.”.

In the published Bill, section 50 of the principal Act was mistakenly deleted. Section 50 provides that city and county councils may establish area committees for a local electoral area or group of such areas. It will be necessary to continue to provide such a provision for those local authorities where new municipal districts will not be established. These authorities are set out in the new subsection (2) of section 50. This relates to some city authorities. Area committees will not be required where municipal districts are being established.