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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 3: In page 10, line 13, to delete "and Part 2 of Schedule 2" and substitute ", Part 2 of Schedule 2 and paragraphs 17 and 18 of Schedule 4".

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 10, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: "(7) This subsection, section 5(5) and Part 3 of Schedule 2 (in so far as it relates to the Building Control Act 1990) shall be read together as one with the Building Control Acts 1990 and 2007 and may be cited together as the Building Control Acts 1990 to 2013.".

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 10, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(8) This subsection, the amendments to the Air-Raid Precautions Act 1939 and the Civil Defence Act 2012 provided for in section 5(6) and Part 4 of Schedule 2 and the Civil Defence Acts 1939 to 2012 may be cited together as the Civil Defence Acts 1939 to 2013. (9) This subsection, the amendments to...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 10, line 19, to delete "Part 10" and substitute "Parts 10, 11 and 12".

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 7: In page 11, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:“ “town council” means a dissolved body which was, before the transfer date, a town council for the purposes of the Principal Act;”.This amendment inserts a definition of "town council" in section 3, which is the interpretation section. Although town councils are to be dissolved,...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: It is part of the definition.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: The substantive issue will be dealt with later.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 8: In page 12, line 10, to delete “making the regulation or order”.These amendments are technical in nature and correct the textual errors in section 4 of the published Bill. Amendment No. 8 deletes unnecessary text in subsection (2), amendment No. 9 is a drafting change to include the phrase “order or regulation” in place of...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 9: In page 12, line 22, to delete “regulation” and substitute “order or regulation”.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 10: In page 12, line 27, to delete “an order or regulation which is required” and substitute “regulations which are required”.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 11: In page 12, line 35, after “amended” to insert “or repealed”.Amendments Nos. 11 and 12 are technical amendments to section 5. Section 5 is a standard provision which, together with Schedule 1 and Schedule 2, provides for repeals and amendments. Amendment No. 11 inserts the term “or repealed” after “amended” in...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 12: In page 13, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:“(5) The provisions, referred to in column (3) of Part 3 of Schedule 2, of the Local Government (Multi-Storey Buildings) Act 1988 and the Building Control Act 1990 referred to in column (2) of that Part are amended in the manner referred to in column (4) of that Part opposite the reference in column (3)...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 15: In page 15, line 42, to delete “a boundary” and substitute “the boundary”.These amendments to sections 11 and 14 are drafting and technical in nature. Both of these sections are contained in Part 2 of the Bill, which deals with the dissolution and amalgamation of authorities in Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford. Amendment No. 17 deletes...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 16: In page 22, to delete line 13.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 17: In page 22, line 19, to delete “concerned.”.” and substitute the following: “concerned.”,and(i) in subsection (17) by substituting “or Part 21” for “, Part 17 or 21”.”.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I can understand the arguments in respect of geographical distances. That is a resourcing issue for councillors to be able to do their business properly. We can have a look at that as a separate issue. I inform Deputy Catherine Murphy that under the local government boundary commission, I have increased the number of councillors in County Kildare from 25 to 40.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Deputy did not mention the fact that I have increased the numbers. I know she is looking at the issue from the point of view of the glass being half empty. An increase in the number of councillors from 25 to 40 is not bad and reflects the population. On the previous occasion when the boundaries were looked at, the Minister of the day told the local authorities to examine the boundaries...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: Some 69 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Council.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: One must have a corporate entity.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: In South Dublin there will be 67 councillors. There is a massive increase in the number of county councillors.