Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 674: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the individual grade of local authority worker that are debarred from contesting local government elections; the reason each grade listed is debarred; the appeals mechanism available to an affected worker; and if he has plans to review this issue. [6191/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The provisions governing local authority membership and local authority employment are set out in sections 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. There are no proposals to alter this position.