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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. 107: In page 73, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:"(b) In determining the resources to be made available to each municipal district in the draft budgetary plan, the chief executive shall have regard to—(i) the needs of, and the resources available or likely to be available to, the local authority, and (ii) resource needs of each municipal district...

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. 107a: In page 73, line 27, to delete "(b) Following consideration of" and substitute "(c) Following consideration 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. 107b: In page 73, line 30, to delete "(c) The making of" and substitute "(d) The making 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. 107c: In page 73, line 32, to delete "(d) The chief executive" and substitute "(e) The chief executive".

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. 109: In page 74, line 27, to delete "Following" and substitute "As soon as may be following".

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. 110: In page 74, lines 27 and 28, to delete "but before the start of each local financial year,".

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. 111: In page 74, line 32, to delete "manner and in the format" and substitute "manner, format and within the timescale".

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. 113: In page 89, line 20, to delete "regional planning guidelines" and substitute "regional spatial and economic strategy".

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. 114: In page 90, line 5, to delete "officers and servants" and substitute "employees".

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. 115: In page 90, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:"(xii) the designation of the assembly to be the successor of one or more than one regional authority, including in respect of part of the administrative area of a regional authority, established by the Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order 1993 (S.I. No. 394 of 1993), on...

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: They are very small. I am not able to quantify them. Buildings are leased and not owned by regional authorities at present. I do not know what fixtures, fittings and small assets will be required. I do not know whether they have many liabilities. I hope not.

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: Deputy Stanley was outside the room when I explained I will change this, not to have two members from local authorities but to have representatives of the population of the local authority.

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: Then Deputy Stanley knows regional assemblies will have more than 62 members and the number of members will be approximately 78.

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: Deputy Stanley regularly speaks about mandates. It is up to the people to decide this.

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: Democracy.

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 development of a local authority budget is a phased process. The first step is the preparation of the draft local authority budget, an internal working document prepared under the direction of the chief executive. That forms the basis of the initial discussions with the CPG and the members of the local authority. It will set out in broad terms the necessary local authority expenditure...

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 municipal districts are represented on the CPG and have an opportunity through their representatives there to have some input.

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 horse has not gone until the members vote on it and they can make changes to it. The municipal members can make amendments.

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 an informal way the area committees are involved. For example with the roads budget they get a chance to outline their priorities for their area in a non-statutory way. It has to be approved by the full council. In this case the municipal district will be able to make amendments to the budgetary plan. The chairperson of the municipal district, or his or her representative is already on...

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 other committees have to get the sanction of the full council. The only exception to this for reasons of funding is the local community development committee, LCDC. If we want to establish a local community development committee as a local action group to draw down European funds, we must have a bottom-up approach. This was the position agreed with the authorities in Brussels as the...