Joint Committee on Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage to resume scrutiny on Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City & County) Bill 2021

The Committee will meet remotely at 12.30pm in Committee Room 3 of Leinster House to discuss the Heads of the Bill with:

·       Professor Deiric Ó Broin and Dr Eoin O’Malley, from the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University;

·       Dee Ryan, of the Limerick Chamber of Commerce; and

·       John A Moran of LiveableLimerick, a civil society group involved in the campaign for directly elected mayor.

Speaking ahead of the meeting, Committee Cathaoirleach Deputy Steven Matthews said: “The Committee has previously heard from Minister of State Peter Burke on the General Scheme of this Bill, which proposes the establishment and election of a directly elected mayor with executive functions in Limerick and the holding of plebiscites on directly elected mayors in other local authority areas. The Committee now looks forward to hearing the views of Professor Ó Broin, Dr O’Malley, Ms Ryan and Mr Moran on this important legislation for local democracy in Ireland.”

The Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage has 14 Members, nine from the Dáil and five from the Seanad.

The meeting in Committee Room 3 can be viewed live on Oireachtas TV.

Committee proceedings can also be viewed on the Houses of the Oireachtas Smartphone App, available for Apple and Android devices.