Results 2,181-2,200 of 26,178 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- 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 wish to conclude. I presume what Deputy McAuliffe said was a generalisation. I have found officials in the Custom House to be very normal and down to earth, not bureaucrats.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: Committee members will appreciate that my comments will be somewhat tempered, being a Minister of State at the Department, but the greatest critics of their posters are, as they all well know, their supporters: "Where are your posters? They are not up. Everyone else has them up." It is a wider question and I take Deputy Quinlivan's point about campaigning. It gives reassurance in a big...
- 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. 76: In page 58, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Amendment of Data Protection Act 2018 41.The Data Protection Act 2018 is amended— (a) in section 2, by the insertion of the following definition: “ ‘Mayor of Limerick’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 9 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Act...
- 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.