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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: The point that has been the thread in earlier questions and will come up later is that this discussion we are having about councillors' pay takes place in a broader context. There is political acceptance that the ad hocsituation that exists at present, namely, the basic payment plus a series of allowances and expenses, needs reform. That is why Sara Moorhead was given the task to consider...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I just want to mention Senator Boyhan, who expressed his disappointment. I can give him a commitment that the report in spring will be published, and it is my intention that it be implemented. We need the best report, and I want this change to kick in. I indicated in a discussion on councillor pay in the Seanad that I want this to be the case for the new councillors once they are elected...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I have no issue with backdating it. Senator Conway's friend might be calling him from Brussels. The then Minister, Mr. Hogan, did not reduce the remuneration of councillors.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: He did not reduce councillor's pay, though.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I will start at the end again. The Senator speaks for himself when he said we do not care about councillors. As has been outlined, I have been acutely aware that councillors are not adequately remunerated. They are probably fed up hearing me say that but in order to change anything, one has to produce a body of evidence for why it should happen. The need for change might be obvious to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, to delete lines 11 to 16 and substitute the following: " "deposited map” means the map— (a) deposited on behalf of the Minister at the offices of the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government situated at the Custom House in the city of Dublin, on 25 July 2018 for the purpose of the Cork boundary alteration, (b) described as...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I will answer the last question first. Section 13 (7) and (8) are still retained. They are not being deleted. The numbering may be different because of what we are inserting but they are not being taken out.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: No, they are not being replaced. In response to the question from Deputy Ó Laoghaire, what we are talking about is the transfer of staff from the county council to the city council. Originally, most of the emphasis was placed on the county council being the authority that was giving up staff and the city council was going to examine its staffing requirements to deal with the transfer...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: It does.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, line 17, to delete “section 17” and substitute “section 23”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 3: In page 6, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “ “staff transfer plan” has the meaning assigned to it by section 13;”

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 8, to delete lines 1 to 4 and substitute the following: “(2) The Minister may give the chief executive of the city council or the chief executive of the county council such directions, in relation to— (a) the performance of his or her functions under, or for the purposes of, this Act, the implementation of the Cork boundary alteration, as...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 8, to delete lines 33 and 34, and in page 9, to delete lines 1 to 5 and substitute the following: “9. (1) On the transfer day and subject to sections 10and 11, all lands situated in the relevant area that, immediately before the transfer day, were vested in the county council and all rights, powers and privileges relating to or connected with such...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: What we are allowing for in pretty much all of the transfers is that if the two councils reach agreement that for some reason an asset might transfer but the liability would not, that can be done under the legislation. Generally, provisions are such that if assets are transferring, liabilities are moving too. I think there is an amendment to that effect, possibly in the Deputy's name, in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: On indemnification against an unexpected liability, the Department cannot produce a blank cheque for any local authority. There are provisions that if a claim is submitted after the transfer day by a person who, say, had a fall before the date on land owned by the county council, the claim will be made against the city council. It also means the city council will substitute for the county...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: Yes. The transfer area is what we are calling it. Some people are calling it the grey area.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 9, lines 15 and 16, to delete all words from and including “day” in line 15 down to and including line 16 and substitute “day and in relation to such land, be performable by or on behalf of the city council only.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 7: In page 9, to delete lines 17 to 29.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 8: In page 9, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “Delayed transfer of land 10. (1) The city council and the county council may, before the transfer day, make an agreement providing for the continued vesting, for such period commencing on the transfer day as may be specified in the agreement, in the county council of any land situated in the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 9: In page 9, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “Other agreements in relation to land situated in relevant area 11. (1) The city council and the county council may, before the transfer day, make an agreement providing for— (a) the continued vesting in the county council on and after the transfer day of any land situated in the...