Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 85:

In page 61, to delete lines 36 to 40, and in page 62, to delete lines 1 to 16 and substitute the following: “(6) The Minister shall, within such period as the Minister considers reasonable and necessary to enable the Commission to comply with its obligations under subsection (7)in relation to a plebiscite, provide the Commission with information relating to—

(a) the functions and office that are proposed in respect of the directly elected mayor for the administrative area concerned,

(b) the likely effect that the establishment of such office would have on the performance by the local authority concerned of its functions and the likely nature of the relationship between the holder of that office and that local authority,

(c) the likely nature of the relationship between the holder of such office and any other body established by or under statute charged with performing functions in relation to the administrative area concerned,

(d) the likely cost and other resource implications should the proposal be implemented,

(e) the likely effects (if any) that the proposal would have in relation to the functions and organisational structure of any other body established by or under statute, and

(f) such other matters as the Minister considers appropriate.

(7) For the purposes of a plebiscite, the Commission shall—

(a) prepare a statement or statements containing a general explanation of the proposal that is the subject of the plebiscite, which shall include a summary of the information provided by the Minister under subsection (6), and any further information that the Commission considers appropriate, and

(b) not later than 30 days before the day appointed undersubsection (2), publish (in both the Irish and English languages) and distribute such statement or statements in relation to the plebiscite concerned in such manner as the Commission considers will bring the proposal to the attention of electors in the administrative area to which the proposal relates.”.