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Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: Amendments Nos. 10 to 17, inclusive, have been ruled out of order because they impose a charge on the Revenue.

Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: The Minister of State has no further opportunity to speak on the amendment.

Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: I remind Deputies that while amendment No. 8 is focused on Cork, it is relevant to other areas around the country.

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: I cannot.

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: I am quite sure that by the time-----

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: -----we get to amendment No. 34-----

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: I am sure that by the time we get to amendment No. 34 all Members with connections in the Seanad will be able to clarify if it can be dealt with in that House. I am not the Cathaoirleach or the Leas-Chathaoirleach of the Seanad, and I cannot deal with that.

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: Just on a point of order.

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: Deputies will have to talk to their colleagues. Perhaps we could have some clarity from Members by the time we get to amendment No. 34.

Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are related and may be discussed together.

Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: Amendments Nos. 4 to 7, inclusive, and amendment No. 9 are related and may be discussed together.

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: Is that agreed?

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: Perhaps we can-----

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: Amendment No. 34 seeks to delete section 50, which proposes a single chief executive officer with dual responsibility for Galway city and Galway county. The retention of the two posts rather than the single post may impose a charge on the Revenue and the deletion of one of the aims of the Bill is in conflict with the Bill as read a Second time. In short, the amendment imposes a charge on...

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: I will make a decision shortly. I call Deputy Darragh O'Brien.

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: The Deputy knows from experience that amendments ruled out of order by the Ceann Comhairle cannot be debated. It is a ruling of the Ceann Comhairle regarding amendment No. 34, not a ruling of the Minister of State or the Government.

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: That is a matter for the Seanad.

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: The guidance is that it would be a matter for the Cathaoirleach of the Seanad. The Seanad will have to do its own business but that may be an opportunity.

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: I cannot speak for the Cathaoirleach of the Seanad.

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Pat Gallagher: There will be an opportunity when discussing the various amendments. Perhaps I am out of order in allowing a debate on the issue before we come to amendment No. 34. My advice is that the Ceann Comhairle has ruled that it would impose a charge on the Exchequer and that it was the section that was voted on on Committee Stage, not the amendment.