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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: I move amendment No. 19: In page 18, to delete line 9 and substitute the following: “(a) a successor is selected at a special meeting convened no later than three months after the vesting day, or”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: I move amendment No. 21: In page 21, to delete lines 22 and 23 and substitute the following: “(a) subject to paragraph (b), three times in each year at intervals of not more than 4 months, and”. This amendment proposes that the consultative forum meet three times per year and at intervals not longer than four months, with a view to ensuring greater transparency and more...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: We believe we need three meetings annually and within four-month intervals, so we will press the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: I move amendment No. 22: In page 22, line 5, to delete “or observations” and substitute “, observations and potential amendments”. Section 31(5) states “the Mayor shall, before finalising the Mayoral programme, consider any comments or observations”. This amendment will insert a reference to “potential amendments”. It is important...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: On amendment No. 22, the Minister of State referred to the mandate the new mayor will have, which is important, but councillors have a mandate as well and will have been elected on the same day as the mayor, whoever he or she may be. On that basis, we will be pressing the amendment. On amendment No. 23, I believe consultation is important. I agree with some of what Deputy Leddin said;...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: I will go back to amendment No. 22 and some of the comments the Minister of State made earlier about the implementation group. The report was very good but not all stakeholders were included and we are on record as saying this. My party was excluded from that implementation group at the time, even though we were the only party to make a submission to it. I will put that on the record, that...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: It was not done at the time.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: It was very well chaired and I have huge respect for the chairperson. I met him on a number of occasions.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: We were the only party to put in a submission and we were the only party to be excluded from it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: It is being pressed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: I move amendment No. 23: In page 22, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “(6) The Mayor shall before finalising the Mayoral programme, undertake a process of non-statutory public consultation with the people of Limerick City and County regarding the Mayoral programme.”. On the basis of what the Minister of State said, we will withdraw the amendment with leave...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: I move amendment No. 24: In page 22, lines 25 and 26, to delete “by the Mayor as the Mayor considers appropriate, and” and substitute “by the D’Hondt system, and”. What we are looking at in amendment No. 24 is the D’Hondt system. We reference local democracy and are supportive of the democratic elements of the election of members of the Limerick...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: It is the same thing.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: I move amendment No. 25: In page 22, line 28, after “subsection (4)” to insert “, including, but not limited to, businesses, trade unions, community and voluntary sector organisations”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: I move amendment No. 26: In page 23, line 31, after “time” to insert “, subject to the approval of elected members,”.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm what the anticipated overspend is on Limerick Council's Part 8, which is the build of 43 units on the Condell Road in the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49628/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: I raise the issue of University Hospital Limerick and the accident and emergency department there, which I have probably raised every week since I was elected in 2016. Last October saw a record number of 2,043 people on trolleys there and today there are 106 people on trolleys. In 2020 we had 18,012 people on trolleys and we have already surpassed that figure this year. It is a scandal. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (9 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 37. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he and his Department are taking to address the large volumes of people being treated on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick, where the 2023 numbers have exceeded those of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49007/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 65. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made regarding the establishment in Limerick of the trial 24/7 mental health de-escalation unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49008/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (9 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a report (details supplied); the steps he is taking address the findings regarding large numbers being unable to access temporary emergency provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49004/23]