Dáil debates
Thursday, 23 June 2011
Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages
4:00 pm
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
I move amendment No. 93:
In page 17, before section 31, to insert the following new section:
39.—Section 106 of the Local Government Act 2001 is amended—
(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (5):
"(5) The Minister may, after consultation with the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, make regulations in relation to borrowing by local authorities.",
and
(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (8):
"(8) The appropriate Minister may, after consultation with the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, sanction borrowing by a local authority in a currency other than the currency of the State.".
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