Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the qualifications of each member of the local electoral area boundary committee; the fees paid to each member to date since their appointment; the fees that remain outlining; if the positions on the committee were advertised; when he will make their recommendations available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21096/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I established a Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee on 15 November 2012 , in accordance with sections 28, 32 and 33 of the Local Government Act 1991, to review and make recommendations on the division of each council area, other than Cork City, into local electoral areas, and to make recommendations on the number of members of each council to be assigned to each local electoral area. The Committee was requested to submit its report as soon as possible and, in any event, not later than 31 May 2013.

The Committee members are Mr G Kearney (Chair), former Secretary General in the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs; Professor Gary Murphy, Head of the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University; Mr Peter McCann, former Principal Officer in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government; Mr J Beirne, former Director of Services in Mayo County Council; Ms Marian Vickers, Chief Executive, Northside Partnership Dublin. No fees are payable to the members of the Committee. Expenses, which arise in the case of one member of the Committee, are payable in accordance with normal Civil Service rates.

As required under the Local Government Act 1991, I will publish the Committee’s report after it has been submitted to me.