Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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709. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it was his plan when setting the terms of reference of the Cork local government implementation oversight group that the boundary of Cork City Council would be altered in line with the recommendations of the Cork expert advisory group. [42542/17]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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710. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Cork local government implementation oversight group will complete a detailed implementation plan for the boundary adjustment by September 2017 as per its terms of reference. [42543/17]

John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 709 and 710 together.

The Cork Local Government Implementation Oversight Group was established to oversee arrangements for the alteration of the boundary between the respective areas of jurisdiction of Cork City Council and Cork County Council, in light of the recommendation in the report of the Cork Expert Advisory Group.

The group’s first task is to present a detailed Implementation Plan, and to engage with the two local authorities, with a view to developing detailed and comprehensive proposals for the boundary alteration and to ultimately oversee the implementation of agreed recommendations.

The detailed implementation plan is anticipated in the coming weeks, the output from which I will consider in due course.

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the relationship between the proposals put forward under section 29 of the Local Government Act 1991 by Cork County Council and the work of the Cork local government implementation oversight group, including the implementation plan that it is producing for the alteration of the boundary between Cork City Council and Cork County Council. [42544/17]

John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The general responsibility of the Cork Local Government Implementation Oversight Group is to oversee arrangements for the alteration of the boundary between Cork City and County Councils. The Group's terms of reference are designed to facilitate and support the agreement of arrangements between the two local authorities.

Cork County Council has initiated a proposal for alteration of the boundary under Part V of the  Local Government Act 1991. As this proposal is the subject of a statutory process which may lead to an application for Ministerial decision, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on the matter.