Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 674: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to enact sections 55 to 62, Part 8, Local Government Act 2001 during the present Dáil session; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6880/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The procedures governing boundary alterations are set out in Part V of the Local Government Act 1991 and in the Local Government (Boundary Alteration) Regulations 1996. Under these provisions, it is open to a local authority to initiate a proposal for the alteration of its boundaries. This involves preparation of a formal boundary alteration proposal by the authority concerned including financial, organisational and other implications and invitation of public submissions and consultation with the other local authorities affected by the proposal, prior to submitting a formal application to the Minister.

Part 8 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that a local authority proposing to alter its boundary would follow similar procedures but would make the application directly to an independent local government commission which would then report to the Minister on the matter. I am considering the steps necessary to commence the relevant provisions of the 2001 Act.