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Local Authority Members

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 July 2020

Wednesday, 22 July 2020

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Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

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140. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the strongly held views of local authority elected members regarding comments in the Moorehead report on their work and role as members of local authorities; and if he will engage with organisations (details supplied) as appropriate representative bodies on the matter. [17672/20]

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As a result of feedback from local authority elected members and their representative associations regarding their current remuneration regime, Ms Sara Moorhead SC was commissioned in June 2018 to carry out a review of the role and remuneration of local authority elected members.

During the course of the review a survey was carried out of all local authority elected members. Ms Moorhead also met with the elected member representative associations and other stakeholders, and invited them to make submissions. The survey and submissions informed the content of Ms Moorhead's final report, which was brought to Government on Friday, 19 June 2020, and then published. The Report was circulated on that date to all local authority elected members and to members of both Houses of the Oireachtas.

The Programme for Government - Our Shared Future has a commitment to "implement the Moorhead Report on the Role and Remuneration of Local Authority Elected Members within 12 months". Meeting this commitment is a priority within my Department. I will welcome further engagement and input from elected members and their representative associations during the implementation process.

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