Vol. 577 No. 1
193 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the number of councillors who have given up their seats on local authorities, giving details for all town councils, corporations and county councils to date; the cost of this to the State; the amount which has been paid out in total; and the names and addresses of the replacements for the councillors who have given up their seats, under the Local Government (No. 2) Act 2003. [30564/03]
On the basis of information supplied by local authorities to my Department, I understand that 96 councillors who were also Oireachtas Members resigned their local authority membership in the period 4 May to 30 September 2003 and details are set out in the following table. In addition to the early payment of the normal retirement gratuity which would have been available to all councillors next June, the Local Authority Members (Gratuity) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 provide that Oireachtas councillors who retired in the period mentioned are entitled to an additional gratuity of €5,000 in recognition of their departure from local government. The cost of this additional gratuity is estimated at €0.48 million.
The filling of a casual vacancy in a local authority is a matter for the elected council in accordance with section 19 of the Local Government Act 2001. Accordingly, details of members who may have been co-opted to replace retiring Oireachtas councillors are not available in my Department.
Oireachtas Members who resigned their local authority membership in the period 4 May to 30 September, 2003
|
LA |
Councillors whoResigned in period4/5/03 – 30/9/03 |
Party |
Numbers |
|
Carlow |
2 |
||
|
MJ Nolan (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Carlow TC |
Feargal Brown (Sen) |
FG |
|
|
Cavan |
1 |
||
|
Dermot Wilson (Sen) |
FF |
||
|
Clare |
|||
|
Cork City |
6 |
||
|
John Minihan (Sen) |
PD |
||
|
Noel O Flynn (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Kathleen Lynch (TD) |
LP |
||
|
Bernard Allen (TD) |
FG |
||
|
John Dennehy (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Billy Kelleher (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Cork Co Co |
9 |
||
|
Peter Callanan (Sen) |
FF |
||
|
Paul Bradford (Sen) |
FG |
||
|
Michael McCarthy (Sen) |
LP |
||
|
Denis O Donovan (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Simon Coveney (TD) |
FG |
||
|
Batt O Keeffe (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Gerard Murphy (TD) |
FG |
||
|
Donal Moynihan (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Joe Sherlock (TD) # |
LP |
||
|
Mallow TC |
Joe Sherlock (TD) |
LP |
|
|
Dongeal |
2 |
||
|
Cecilia Keaveney (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Niall Blaney (TD) |
IFF |
||
|
Dublin City |
13 |
||
|
Derek McDowell (Sen) |
LP |
||
|
Liam Fitzgerald (Sen) |
FF |
||
|
Tony Kett (Sen) |
FF |
||
|
Sean Haughey (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Richard Bruton (TD) |
FG |
||
|
Finian McGrath (TD) |
NP |
||
|
Gay Mitchell (TD) |
FG |
||
|
Sean Ardagh (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Michael Mulcahy (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Tommy Broughan (TD) |
LP |
||
|
Pat Carey (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Roisin Shorthall (TD) |
LP |
||
|
Joe Costello (TD) |
LP |
||
|
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown |
5 |
||
|
Don Lydon (Sen) |
FF |
||
|
Barry Andrews (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Eamon Gilmore (TD) |
LP |
||
|
Olivia Mitchell (TD) |
FG |
||
|
Fiona O Malley (TD) |
PD |
|
LA |
Councillors whoResigned in period4/5/03 – 30/9/03 |
Party |
Numbers |
|
Fingal |
4 |
||
|
Sheila Terry (Sen) |
FG |
||
|
Sean Ryan (TD) |
LP |
||
|
Joe Higgins (TD) |
SP |
||
|
Joan Burton (TD) |
LP |
||
|
South Dublin |
6 |
||
|
Joanna Tuffy (Sen) |
LP |
||
|
Brian Hayes (Sen) |
FG |
||
|
Charlie O Connor (TD) |
FF |
||
|
John Curran (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Sean Crowe (TD) |
SF |
||
|
Pat Rabbitte (TD) |
LP |
||
|
Galway City |
0 |
||
|
Galway Co Co |
4 |
||
|
Ulick Burke (Sen) |
FG |
||
|
Joe Callanan (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Noel Grealish (TD) |
PD |
||
|
Paul Connaughton (TD) |
FG |
||
|
Kerry |
4 |
||
|
Breda Moynihan Cronin (TD) |
LP |
||
|
Jackie Healy Rae (TD) |
NP |
||
|
Jimmy Deenihan (TD) |
FG |
||
|
Martin Ferris (TD) |
SF |
||
|
Kildare |
6 |
||
|
Kate Walsh (Sen) |
PD |
||
|
John Dardis (Sen) |
PD |
||
|
Jack Wall (TD) |
LP |
||
|
Emmet Stagg (TD) |
LP |
||
|
Sean O Fearghail (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Sean Power (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Kilkenny |
3 |
||
|
John Paul Phelan (Sen) |
FG |
||
|
John McGuinness (TD) # |
FF |
||
|
Phil Hogan (TD) |
FG |
||
|
Kilkenny BC |
John McGuinness (TD) |
FF |
|
|
Laois |
3 |
||
|
Kieran Phelan (Sen) |
FF |
||
|
John Moloney (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Sean Fleming (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Leitrim |
|||
|
No dual mandate holders |
|||
|
Limerick City |
2 |
||
|
Peter Power (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Jan O Sullivan (TD) |
LP |
||
|
Limerick Co Co |
2 |
||
|
Michael Finucane (Sen) |
FG |
||
|
Dan Neville (TD) |
FG |
||
|
Longford |
1 |
||
|
Peter Kelly (TD) # |
FF |
||
|
Longford TC |
Peter Kelly (TD) |
FF |
|
|
Louth |
2 |
||
|
Arthur Morgan (TD) |
SF |
||
|
Fergus O Dowd (TD) # |
FG |
||
|
Drogheda BC |
Fergus O Dowd (TD) |
FG |
|
|
Mayo |
1 |
||
|
Paddy Burke (Sen) # |
FG |
||
|
Castlebar TC |
Paddy Burke (Sen) |
FG |
|
|
Meath |
1 |
||
|
John Brady (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Monaghan |
2 |
||
|
Francis O Brien (Sen) |
FF |
||
|
Seymore Crawford (TD) |
FG |
||
|
Offaly |
1 |
||
|
Pat Moylan (Sen) |
FF |
||
|
Roscommon |
2 |
||
|
Frank Feighan (Sen) |
FG |
||
|
Michael Finneran (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Sligo |
2 |
||
|
Eamon Scanlon (Sen) |
FF |
||
|
Jimmy Devins (TD) |
FF |
|
LA |
Councillors whoResigned in period4/5/03 – 30/9/03 |
Party |
Numbers |
|
North Tipperary |
4 |
||
|
John Hanafin (Sen) |
FF |
||
|
Noel Coonan (Sen) # |
FG |
||
|
Kathleen O Meara (Sen) |
LP |
||
|
Michael Lowry (TD) |
NP |
||
|
Nenagh TC |
Kathleen O Meara (Sen) |
LP |
|
|
Templemore TC |
Noel Coonan (Sen) |
FG |
|
|
South Tipperary |
1 |
||
|
Tom Hayes (TD) |
FG |
||
|
Waterford City |
1 |
||
|
Maurice Cummins (Sen) |
FG |
||
|
Waterford County |
2 |
||
|
John Deasy (TD) # |
FG |
||
|
Ollie Wilkinson (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Dungarvan TC |
John Deasy (TD) |
FG |
|
|
Westmeath |
2 |
||
|
Camillus Glynn (Sen) |
FF |
||
|
Donie Cassidy (TD) |
FF |
||
|
Wexford |
1 |
||
|
Brendan Howlin (TD) |
LP |
||
|
Wicklow |
1 |
||
|
Liz McManus (TD) # |
LP |
||
|
Bray TC |
Liz McManus (TD) |
LP |
|
|
Total |
96 |
