Act 1991 (Regional Assemblies) (Establishment) (Amendment) Order 2024 Skip to content Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Gaeilge Léim go dtí an t-ábhar Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach English Gaeilge Engli
Article 2of Principal Order: 4.
Article 2 of the Principal Order is amended by the insertion of: ““Act of 2024” means the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (No. 7 of 2024); “Limerick City and County Council” shall be construed as in accordance with subsection
(3)of section 11 of, and Part 3 of Schedule 5 to, the Local Government Act 2001 ; “mayor” and “Mayor of Limerick” has the meaning assigned to it by section 9 of the Act of 2024; “chief executive” shall, in the case of Limerick City and County Council, read as “director general”; “director general” has the meaning assigned to it by section 26 of the Act of 2024.”
Article 5of Principal Order 5. Article 5 of the Principal Order is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph
(3): “
(3)The number of persons to be appointed to be members of a regional assembly by a constituent local authority shall be as follows: (
- a)in the case of the council of the city of Dublin, 7, (
- b)in the case of the council of the county of Cork, 5, (
- c)in the case of the council of the city and county of Limerick, 4, one of whom will be the Mayor, (
- d)in the case of the councils the counties of Donegal, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Mayo, Meath, South Dublin, Tipperary and Wexford, 3 each, and (
- e)in every other case, 2 each.”
Article 60of Principal Order 6. Article 60 of the Principal Order is amended by the substitution of the following article: “
(60)A regional assembly may, in accordance with such directions as may be given by the Minister to the regional assembly, pay to the Cathaoirleach of the assembly each year an allowance in respect of expenses reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the performance of his or her functions during that year, except where the Cathaoirleach of the regional assembly is also the Mayor of Limerick.” The Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform consents to the making of the foregoing Order. GIVEN under my Official Seal of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, 28 May,
- PASCHAL DONOHOE, Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. GIVEN under my Official Seal, 28 May,
- DARRAGH O’BRIEN, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) This Order amends the Local Government (Regional Assemblies) (Establishment) Order 2014 ( S.I. No. 573 of 2014 ) to take account of the enactment of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (No. 7 of 2024). Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais