Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allow grade four staff who may be serving as senior assistant librarians to stand for election or be co-opted as members of local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21799/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

The provisions governing local authority membership and local authority employment are set out in section 13 and 161 of the Local Government Act 2001. Under section 13 of the Act, a person employed by a local authority who is not the holder of a class, description or grade of employment designated by order under section 161 is disqualified from being elected or co-opted to, or from being a member of, a local authority.

For the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (Section 161) Order 2004, designated employments are employments whose maximum remuneration does not exceed the maximum remuneration for the post of Clerical Officer (Grade 3) in a local authority. As the post of Senior Library Assistant (Grade IV) is not a designated employment under section 161, the holder of such a post is ineligible for membership of a local authority. There are no proposals to alter this position.