Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government
Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage
1:00 pm
Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The ultimate vehicle for appeal is the District Court, but we do not want anybody going there unnecessarily. This is a very narrow sanction that applies where a local authority is unable to function because of the behaviour of an elected member. There are a small number of examples of that about which representations have been made to me.