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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Ergo, then why would the directly elected mayor, who has executive powers, chair the chamber? There is a need for efficient operation. The mayor is to bring added value, not to replace the cathaoirleach. The mayor is to take on some of the measures but ultimately, we want someone to bring enormous added value in policy areas, be accountable to the chamber in the same way as the CEO and...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: This only applies to meetings. The cathaoirleach will chair the meeting. It is as basic as that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: In essence, the cathaoirleach chairs the session.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I look forward to debating it with the Deputy on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Which part is that?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Where the chief executive incurs additional expenditure, under certain circumstances, the cathaoirleach must be informed immediately.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The príomh comhairleoir

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Correct.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Will the Deputy please repeat that point? I did not quite catch it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: It will now provide that where the mayor incurs additional expenditure under certain circumstances, the príomh comhairleoir must be informed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: It says that where the chief executive incurs additional expenditure under certain circumstances, the cathaoirleach must be informed immediately. The Deputy will appreciate that I am not a lawyer.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: There are two reasons for this. If Deputy McNamara tables amendments in the normal way, we will look at them in great depth.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am not a lawyer. I am not a barrister and at the end of the day, we are not in court of law. The Deputy is probably putting questions to us on which we cannot give finer detail at the moment, but we will.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: To be helpful to the committee, we are at an advanced stage in finalising Schedule 1. When it is finalised, it will be provided to the committee so that members can consider it and table any amendments on Report Stage. We will co-operate on that basis. We will never take away from members' entitlement to table any amendment they wish.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: It will be a list of what is in Schedule 1 so that members can go through it in great depth. To be helpful, if the Deputy wants to be sure to be sure, I would have thought that a man of Deputy McNamara’s experience could say that he is putting on record that he intends to bring forward amendments on Schedule 1 on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I always try to be helpful to colleagues.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 93: In page 79, line 19, to delete “An Coimisiún Toghcháin” and substitute “the Commission”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 94: In page 130, to delete lines 21 to 37.