27 Sep 2013, 10:14
The Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht has requested a formal role in pre-legislative scrutiny of the proposed Bill on Local Government Reform.
27 September 2013
Cathaoirleach Michael McCarthy TD has written to Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Phil Hogan TD to request him to submit the Heads of the proposed Bill to the Joint Committee at the pre-legislative stage.
Deputy McCarthy said: “Oireachtas Committees are playing an ever more important role in pre-legislative scrutiny. The proposed Bill on Local Government Reform, which will have an overarching goal of enhancing local government authorities and the services they deliver, has the potential to impact positively on the lives of the citizens we serve in every corner of the country. On foot of agreement by our cross-party Committee earlier in the week, I've written to Minister Hogan to request that our Committee be involved at the earliest stages in contributing to this important piece of new legislation.”
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Deputies: James Bannon, Paudie Coffey, Noel Coonan (Vice-Chair), Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Barry Cowen, Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan, Kevin Humphries, Michael McCarthy (Chair), Tony McLoughlin, Michelle Mulherin, Catherine Murphy, Gerald Nash, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Brian Stanley and Peadar Tóibín
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