The Local Government Act 1994 disqualified the Ceann Comhairle, the Cathaoirleach of the Seanad and MEPs from local authority membership. It also provided that Members of the Oireachtas who were councillors could not, from the 1999 local elections onwards, hold the position of cathaoirleach or leas-chathaoirleach of a local authority. The White Paper, Better Local Government, committed the Government to consider further action after the 1999 local elections.