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Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Amendment No. 8 adds two new functions to the mayoral advisory and implementation committee at paragraphs (d) and (g) of section 32(5). These are in the areas of nature, biodiversity and sustainability and regeneration projects in Limerick. There is also some re-ordering of paragraphs. That is the technical point. The importance of having regard to nature, biodiversity and...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: There is a slight clarification to that point. Currently under section 154 of the Local Government Act 2001, the CEO can delegate functions to staff within the local authority. However, the CEO continues to be responsible for those activities. Similarly, we made an amendment to the legislation whereby the mayor is entitled to delegate the carrying out of functions to the DG, which was the...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will go through the points made by Deputy Quinlivan. I am conscious that people voted by plebiscite to bring in a directly elected mayor, but 48% of the people of Limerick had reservations and voted against it. We need to bring those people with us. In regard to staff, we tabled an amendment on Report Stage in the Dáil. This was something that Deputies Quinlivan and Mitchell and...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: We have debated this at length. This Bill has had 20 hours of debate - four days in the Dáil and four days in the Seanad. We can agree to differ. We have put in place something that will bring about a very good mayor. It is based on what the public voted for. Certain functions stay with the CEO, now to be called the director general. Amendment No. 5 specifically is about being...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: There was some discussion on Committee Stage in the Seanad about the importance of ensuring the membership of the delivery board and the transport subgroup of that board includes a person who has relevant climate expertise. More generally, we discussed how to reflect the role of the mayor in relation to climate matters in the new structures under the Bill. I indicated that I would consider...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will speak to amendments Nos. 3, 4, 15 to 18, inclusive, 21 and 49 to 55, inclusive. These are minor technical and drafting amendments. Amendments No. 3 and 4 to sections 23 and 25 aim to ensure a consistency of language across various sections. Amendments No. 15 to 18, inclusive, and 21 to existing sections 65 and 66 are of a technical drafting nature and there is no change to the...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Regarding amendment No. 5, section 27 provides that the mayor may delegate in writing certain of his or her functions to the director general. This applies only to the functions that transferred from the chief executive to the mayor when he or she assumed office. This amendment requires that the elected members of Limerick City and County Council are notified when a function has been...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is about delegate functions.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: To be helpful, it is about delegate functions.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: These amendments propose that three new provisions be inserted to Part 8 along with consequential amendments to the Long Title, the collective citation and the commencement provisions. These are housing activation measures. The first substantive provision proposes an amendment to the Housing Finance Agency Act 1981 to allow for the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 84: In page 47, line 7, to delete “Habitats Directive)” and substitute “Habitats Directive),”. These amendments are of a minor technical and drafting nature and do not change the content of the Bill, rather they seek to bring clarity to it by ensuring consistency in grammar and punctuation across the Bill. The sheer scale of the Bill has...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: An "and" or an "it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 86: In page 47, line 18, to delete “Habitats Directive)” and substitute “Habitats Directive),”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 97: In page 50, line 37, to delete “Habitats Directive)” and substitute “Habitats Directive),”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will inquire with the officials. That note was to be made available to the committee. I will inquire from them exactly where it is at the moment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The short answer to the Deputy's question is that I do not know, but I will find out for him.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: What was the Deputy's understanding?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: In terms of the note being provided, however-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister committed to coming back with a note to the Deputy.