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- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: We are not.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: We merely asked for a consultative process.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: It is a consultative process on the draft, not the plan.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: The Minister has gone a step further actually.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: He has given non-elected people a role in the corporate policy group.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: When we reached it on Committee Stage, the Minister did not answer any of our queries about it.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: I have one here.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: It would not. The Minister is being disingenuous.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: The Minister acknowledges there is a gap.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: That is a big acknowledgement.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: First, I welcome the fact that the Minister has acknowledged that, by virtue of what he has proposed in this Bill en masse, a gap exists in respect of the involvement of various communities which now find themselves without a town council. Second, I welcome the fact that he is open to suggestions, such as what is proposed by myself and Deputy Stanley, to fill that gap. However, I am very...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: That shows a great disregard for this process.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: I would have preferred an amendment such as this-----
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: The Minister acknowledges there is a gap.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: He has acknowledged the folly in his Bill if it means that many communities will be left without the type of input he and I believe they should have and which they have had in many local authorities and town councils heretofore. The Minister set up a working group which will make recommendations to him, and to him alone. It will not consult with me or any other representative on Committee...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: -----before this process came about.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: I move amendment No. 8:In page 29, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “CHAPTER 1 Community Councils19. The principal Act is amended by inserting the following Part after Part 3: “PART 3A COMMUNITY COUNCILSCommunity councils22A. (1) Every city and county council shall designate Community Council Areas throughout its local authority area. (2) The structure of each...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: I move amendment No. 10:In page 29, line 12, to delete “districts” and substitute “district councils”.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: I move amendment No. 11:In page 29, line 13, after “district” to insert “council”.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Barry Cowen: I move amendment No. 12:In page 29, line 14, after “districts” to insert “or as municipal district councils”.