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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (17 Jan 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department provides funding under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, to assist people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for Older People, which are 80% funded by my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (17 Jan 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Programme for Government (14 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: An update on delivery of the commitments in the Programme for Government: Our Shared Future in respect of the local government sector is set out herewith: In relation to the Directly Elected Mayor of Limerick, the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023 was published in August and is currently progressing through the Houses of the Oireachtas, with a view to enactment early in 2024....

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 88: In page 80, lines 24 and 25, to delete "as applied and modified by Schedule 3,".

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 89: In page 91, line 3, to delete "by reason of its not having been" and substitute "by reason of it not having been".

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 90: In page 106, line 39, to delete "paragraph" and substitute "paragraph 50".

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 91: In page 134, to delete lines 3 to 15 and substitute the following: "(3)Subject to section 9 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023, any reference in any other enactment to the lord mayor, mayor, chairman, deputy lord mayor, deputy mayor or vice-chairman or cognate words shall, in the case of...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 92: In page 141, to delete lines 26 to 29 and substitute the following: (a)in subsection (1), "Subject to section 26 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023, for every" were substituted for "For every",

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 93: In page 141, to delete lines 38 to 45 and substitute the following: (c)in subsection (4), "or, in the case of Limerick City and County Council, the Mayor of Limerick or the director general of Limerick City and County Council in accordance with section 10 or 26, as the case may be, of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 94: In page 144, to delete lines 31 to 40 and substitute the following: "(a)shall act for and on behalf of Limerick City and County Council in relation to executive functions vested in the Mayor of Limerick by virtue of subsection (2) of section 10 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 in every...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 95: In page 145, to delete lines 7 to 12 and substitute the following: (ii)", or such of any functions delegated to him or her by the Mayor of Limerick under section 27 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023," were inserted after "such of his or her functions",

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 96: In page 145, to delete lines 25 to 29 and substitute the following: (i)"Without prejudice to subsection (4) of section 27 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023, where a function" were substituted for "Where a function",

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 98: In page 146, to delete lines 22 to 26 and substitute the following: "special adviser to the Mayor of Limerick’ means the special adviser to the Mayor of Limerick appointed under section 19 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023;".

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 99: In page 146, to delete lines 27 to 31 and substitute the following: 29. Section 174 Section shall, in addition to subsection (8) applying to the director general by virtue of section 26 and to the Príomh Chomhairleoir by virtue of section 23, apply as if the following subsection were substituted for subsection (7):

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 100: In page 149, to delete lines 5 to 12 and substitute the following: "(4)Where a function would normally be dealt with by the Mayor of Limerick, the function shall be delegated by him or her in accordance with section 27 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023, after disclosure under subsection...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 101: In page 151, to delete lines 24 to 38 and substitute the following: "(aa)Where a report referred to in subparagraph (iiia) of subsection (3)(a) is furnished to a local authority it shall be considered by the Mayor of Limerick, who shall decide on such action to be taken as may be considered appropriate in all the circumstances...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 102: In page 152, to delete lines 33 to 41 and substitute the following: (a)", or section 58 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023," were inserted after "section 34 or 146" in subparagraph (3) of paragraph 1, (b)", or section 58 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: There is an imperative to get this legislation through. The officials have worked exceptionally hard. The workload has been intense. As we worked through the sequences, we provided that information to members of the committee and Deputy McNamara. That was in the spirit of co-operation and the work we do. I take my work as a parliamentarian very seriously. People in Limerick voted by way...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Finally-----

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will let it stand. I think I have spoken enough on it.