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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: I move amendment No. 77: In page 58, line 36, to delete “definition” and substitute “definitions”.
- 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. 78: In page 59, line 1, to delete “2023;”,” and substitute “2023;”.
- 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. 79: In page 59, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: “ ‘plebiscite’ means a plebiscite held under Part 6 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Act 2023;”,”.
- 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. 80: In page 59, line 32, to delete “following paragraph” and substitute “following paragraphs”.
- 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. 81: In page 59, to delete line 33 and substitute the following: “ “(g) a Limerick mayoral election; (h) a plebiscite.”,”.
- 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 propose to address amendments No. 83, 84, and 88 as they have been grouped together for discussion. I presume I am not-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: They relate to Part 6, which deals with the holding of plebiscites to consider proposals by other local authorities to provide for a directly elected mayor of their administrative area. Amendments No. 83 and 84 in the name of Deputy Cian O'Callaghan relate to the process to initiate a plebiscite proposal. Section 43 provides that a plebiscite of the electors of an administrative area may be...
- 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 addressed 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: Can I address them? There are two specific points. On the corporate policy group versus the chamber itself, the vote will ultimately be taken by the chamber. Concerning process, we feel a corporate policy group is the correct one. Going back to the points raised earlier, it must be done in a structured way. There cannot be a situation in which people put down motions, for example, on the...
- 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 is about 10% versus 20%. There are a number of reasons, one being that the programme for Government specifies 20%. A decision was taken by the Government for it to be 20%. That alone, at this moment in time, is a decision of the Government. As a Minister of State with responsibility in this area, I have to implement that. Electoral registers also have improved and the integrity of...
- 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 implementation advisory group, IAG, report provided a significant benefit to the process. It was detailed. I know the Deputy has issues with some of it but generally it brought a huge degree of information. We adopted many of its proposals. It is not just about speed; it is about putting something in place that works and is correct. There is nothing to stop a Minister bringing 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: The vote in Limerick was 52% to 48%. Some 48% of the public in Limerick voted against the plebiscite. They are hugely important in our reflection on the mayoralty. It should not be a rash report; it should take that into account. We want to bring people with us. The IAG report was across all stakeholders. We must give a Minister some period of latitude. Every local authority, city or...
- 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 referenced the Deputy's-----
- 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 is very-----
- 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 was a broad range.
- 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 Deputy will appreciate that there is a commitment in the programme for Government, but this is something I will consider between now and 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: Equally, there is a lot in the programme for Government that has been delivered.
- 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. 85: In page 61, to delete lines 36 to 40, and in page 62, to delete lines 1 to 16 and substitute the following: “(6) The Minister shall, within such period as the Minister considers reasonable and necessary to enable the Commission to comply with its obligations under subsection (7)in relation to a plebiscite, provide the Commission with information relating...
- 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. 87: In page 62, line 21, 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: The amendments proposed by Deputy Cian O'Callaghan relate to Part 7, which sets out the procedure applicable to any proposal to remove Limerick's directly elected mayor from office. Amendment No. 90 proposes an amendment to section 52 to reduce the number of councillors needed to sign a removal notice from two thirds to only half of the total number of elected members. It was originally...