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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: NEW SECTION

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. 32: In page 31, to delete lines 4 to 9 and substitute the following:"Supplemental provisions to section 131 and 131A131B.(1) For the purposes of sections 131 and 131A, and for convenience of reference only, there is set out in column (3) of Parts 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 14A the provisions of enactments under which reserved functions are conferred. (2) The validity of any...

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. 33: In page 31, line 30, after "authorities" to insert "(including suspension of members)".The proposed amendment No. 103, dealing with disorderly conduct of elected members, gives stronger powers to the chair and the members to impose penalties on members who behave in a disruptive or inappropriate way at a council meeting. Elected members are to be more central to the...

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: This is something that will rarely be used, if ever. However, a deterrent is required for a small number of examples around the country where, if officials were behaving the same as councillors, they would probably be suspended. There is no mechanism whatsoever to oblige elected members to behave properly after a due process that has gone on for a considerable period. It can only be...

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. 28: In page 28, line 19, after “district” to insert “pursuant to section 131A”.

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. 29: In page 28, line 30, to delete “or 14A” and substitute “or, subject to section 131B(1), Schedule 14A”.

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 functions that may be performed by elected members at the various levels of governance are carefully set out in the Bill. Section 21 of the Bill will insert a new section 131A and a new Schedule 14A in the 2001 Act. Provision is made for certain reserved functions of a local authority to be performed in respect of each municipal district by the municipal district members concerned and...

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 agree with Deputy Murphy's sentiments on the cultural change that is required in so many different areas. This is the reason I am trying to rebalance powers in favour of both the local level and the elected members. While elected members also must have respect for one another, there has been a cultural change and shift, particularly in the community and voluntary sectors. Over the years,...

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 wording will be examined to establish whether we can come to some arrangement.

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: That constitutes how unwise I was to mention Leixlip alone as an example. At the end of the day much more flexibility will come into the system but it will be governed by what happens in Kildare County Council's budgetary process. There was much less flexibility in recent years because the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform needed to know where every...

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: Is it in order to move amendment No. 69?

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: On amendments Nos. 25, 68 and 70, I wish to advise colleagues that the Bill respects carefully the history and civic traditions associated with local government. I am pleased that Deputy Stanley also respects them. For example, it reiterates the recognition given in the Local Government Act 2001 to various historic charters for civic or ceremonial purposes. Consistent with this approach...

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. 27: In page 28, lines 10 to 12, to delete all words from and including “for” in line 10 down to and including “2001” in line 12 and substitute the following:“ “section 23 (as amended by the Local Government Act 2013) of the Local Government Act 2001” for “section 24 of the Local Government Act, 1994”.These...

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: We do not propose to accept this amendment on the basis that the word "council" would serve to constitute a separate corporate entity with the same legal rights as a county council. What we are seeking to achieve is an integrated system of administration with devolved functions at a municipal level. We do not want a situation where separate councils would be established in a municipal...

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: We do not do diktats. That is historical.

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 would make them separate entities. The word "council" constitutes a separate entity legally.

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: We will come to that in due course. We will be harmonising the rates downwards, not upwards.

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: For corporate purposes, yes.

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 have a certain sympathy with what Deputy Murphy is bringing to our attention and I agree with her. The disagreement is about how we do it. A later amendment, No. 31, proposes to ensure the delegation of responsibility to municipal level. Maybe we should discuss it at that stage and see what we can do to implement some of the Deputy’s wishes in this amendment.

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 understand Deputy Cowen’s point. Communities require a structure by which they can interact with the local authorities, whether that is a municipal district or a county or city council. I hope that before the conclusion of this legislation we will be able to consider additional advice from a working group chaired by Fr. Seán Healy to see how the community and voluntary fora,...