Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2017
2038. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to influence the Mackinnon report on the restructuring of Cork County Council in favour of stability and economic harmony for its ratepayers and community as a whole. [38224/17]
View answer2052. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will intervene and act on section 13.2.27 of the Mackinnon report into the proposed boundary extension of Cork City Council (details supplied); his views on whether the oversight group has seen its role as purely one of implementation of the report rather than to seek a mutual agreement between the two local authorities; his further views on whether negotiations are required regarding the scope of the boundary; and his further views on whether it is his duty to take into account the views of those affected by the proposals of the report. [38576/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 2038 and 2052 together.
The Cork Local Government Implementation Oversight Group has been 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 by end September 2017, engaging 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.
At this stage it is a matter for the Oversight Group to progress its work, the output from which I will consider in due course.
