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Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024

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This law establishes the office of Mayor for the administrative area of Limerick City and County Council and outlines the process for electing a person to this position. It also includes various other provisions related to local government.

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Functions of Mayor 11. Effect of election as Mayor at mayoral by-election on membership of local authority 12. Resignation of Mayor 13. Vacancies 14. Temporary absence 15. Remuneration 16. Funding for performance of functions of Mayor 17. Membership of council 18. Staff of Mayor 19. Special adviser to Mayor 20. Amendments to Principal Act relating to office of Mayor PART 3 Other Structural Changes 21. Abolition of office of Cathaoirleach and Leas-Chathaoirleach of council 22. Príomh Chomhairleoir 23. Functions of Príomh Chomhairleoir 24. Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir 25. Functions of Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir 26. Director general 27. Delegation of functions of Mayor to director general 28. Deputy director general PART 4 Additional Functions of Mayor and Mayoral Office Structures 29. Definitions (Part 4) 30. Limerick Mayoral and Government Consultative Forum 31. Mayoral programme 32. Limerick Mayoral Advisory and Implementation Committee 33. Limerick Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board 34. Limerick Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board Transport Sub-Group 35. Consultation with Mayor PART 5 Amendment of Certain Enactments in Connection with Election of Mayor 36. Amendment of Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937 37. Amendment of Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947 38. Amendment of Act of 1992 39. Amendment of Electoral Act 1997 40. Amendment of European Parliament Elections Act 1997 41. Amendment of Litter Pollution Act 1997 42. Amendment of Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004 43. Amendment of Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 44. Amendment of Data Protection Act 2018 45. Amendment of Act of 2022 PART 6 Plebiscites on Direct Election of Mayors 46. Definitions (Part 6) 47. Plebiscite 48. Advance polling 49. Regulations 50. Electoral offences 51. Persons entitled to vote in plebiscite 52. Report to Houses of Oireachtas 53. Cost of holding of plebiscite 54. Repeal of Part 6 of Local Government Act 2019 PART 7 Removal of Mayor from Office 55. Definitions (Part 7) 56. Proposal for removal of Mayor from office 57. Statement of response by Mayor 58. Special meeting to consider proposal 59. Appointment of panel 60. Further statement of response and additional information to panel 61. Attendance before panel 62. Recommendation of panel 63. Order for removal of Mayor 64. Regulations PART 8 Miscellaneous Provisions 65. Amendment of Affordable Housing Act 2021 66. Amendment of section 10 of Housing Finance Agency Act 1981 67. Amendment of section 42B of National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 68. Miscellaneous amendments to Principal Act 69. Amendment of Land Development Agency Act 2021 SCHEDULE 1 PART 1 Enactments for Purposes of Sections 10 and 23 PART 2 Enactments for Purposes of Sections 10 and 26 SCHEDULE 2 PART 1 Election of Mayor Chapter 1 Preliminary and General Chapter 2 Returning Officer Chapter 3 Manner of voting Chapter 4 Nominations Chapter 5 Agents of candidates Chapter 6 Death of candidate Chapter 7 Postal voting Chapter 8 Voting by Special Voters Chapter 9 Arrangements for Poll Chapter 10 Poll Chapter 11 Arrangement for counting of votes Chapter 12 Rules for counting of votes Chapter 13 Retention, inspection and disposal of documents Chapter 14 Electoral offences Chapter 15 Petitions PART 2 Form of Ballot Paper SCHEDULE 3 Application of Principal Act to Limerick Acts Referred to Abattoirs Act 1988 (No. 8) Affordable Housing Act 2021 (No. 25) Air Pollution Act 1987 (No. 6) Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (No. 15) Building Control Act 1990 (No. 3) Building Societies Act 1989 (No. 17) Central Bank Act 1971 (No. 24) Civil Defence Act 2023 (No. 17) Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 (No. 46) Control of Dogs Act 1986 (No. 32) Control of Horses Act 1996 (No. 37) Coroners Act 1962 (No. 9) County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Act 2014 (No. 4) Credit Union Act 1997 (No. 15) Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 (No. 9) Dangerous Substances Act 1972 (No. 10) Data Protection Act 2018 (No. 7) Derelict Sites Act 1990 (No. 14) Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 (No. 29) Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004 (No. 15) Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 33) Electoral Act 1992 (No. 23) Electoral Act 1997 (No. 25) Electoral Reform Act 2022 (No. 30) Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (No. 7) European Parliament (Irish Constituency Members) Act 2009 (No. 17) European Parliament Elections Act 1997 (No. 2) Explosives Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict., c. 17) Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (No. 28) Finance Act 1993 (No. 13) Fire Services Act 1981 (No. 30) Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998 (No. 29) Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30) Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (No. 26) Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1979 (No. 27) Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 (No. 18) Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 (No. 21) Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (No. 22) Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (No. 21) Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 (No. 33) Housing Act 1966 (No. 21) Housing Act 1988 (No. 28) Housing Acts 1966 to 2021 Housing Finance Agency Act 1981 (No. 37) Housing Finance Agency Acts 1981 to 2007 Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23) Intoxicating Liquor Act 1953 (No. 30) Intoxicating Liquor Act 1960 (No. 18) Land Development Agency Act 2021 (No. 26) Litter Pollution Act 1997 (No. 12) Local Authorities (Mutual Assurance) Act 1926 (No. 34) Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act 1926 (No. 39) Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act 1975 (No. 14) Local Authorities (Works) Act 1949 (No. 17) Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 (No. 7) Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act 1974 (No. 8) Local Elections Acts 1963 to 1992 Local Elections Acts 1974 to 2014 Local Government (Financial Provisions) (No. 2) Act 1983 (No. 21) Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1997 (No. 29) Local Government (Multi-Storey Buildings) Act 1988 (No. 29) Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act 1948 (No. 3) Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act 1964 (No. 29) Local Government (Superannuation) Act 1980 (No. 8) Local Government (Water Pollution) Act 1977 (No. 1) Local Government Act 1941 (No. 23) Local Government Act 1991 (No. 11) Local Government Act 1998 (No. 16) Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37) Local Government Act 2019 (No. 1) Local Government Acts 1925 to 2023 Local Government Rates and Other Matters Act 2019 (No. 24) Maritime Safety Act 2005 (No. 11) Maternity Protection Act 1994 (No. 34) Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 (No. 43) Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts 1938 to 2018 National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1954 (No. 37) National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 23) National Treasury Management Agency Acts 1990 to 2022 Official Languages Act 2003 (No. 32) Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 1994 (No. 21) Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Acts 1938 to 1998 Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 (No. 20) Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict., c.93) Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30) Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 (No. 1) Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict., c. 56.) Presidential Elections Act 1993 (No. 28) Prompt Payment of Accounts Act 1997 (No. 31) Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (No. 14) Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict., c. 52) Referendum Act 1994 (No. 12) Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (No. 28) Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (No. 27) Roads Act 1993 (No. 14) Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947 (No. 42) Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937 (No. 30) Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26) Statutory Declarations Act 1938 (No. 37) Succession Act 1965 (No. 27) Trustee Savings Banks Act 1989 (No. 21) Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (No. 33) Waste Management Act 1996 (No. 10) Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Act 2022 (No. 48) Water Services Act 2007 (No. 30) Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 (No. 29) Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 (No. 38) Wildlife Act 1976 (No. 39) Number 7 of 2024 LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MAYOR OF LIMERICK) AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2024 An Act to provide for the establishment of an office of mayor for the administrative area of Limerick City and County Council and the election of a person to that office; to provide for the conferral of certain functions on the said mayor; to provide for ancillary structural changes in connection with the governance of that administrative area by Limerick City and County Council; to provide for the holding of plebiscites on the question of providing for the creation of offices of mayors for the administrative areas in relation to which such plebiscites are held and the election by the electors of those administrative areas of persons to such offices; for those purposes to amend the Electoral Act 1992 , the Electoral Act 1997 , the Litter Pollution Act 1997 , the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004 , the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 and the Electoral Reform Act 2022 , to apply with modifications and amend the Local Government Act 2001 , and to repeal Part 6 of the Local Government Act 2019 ; to extend the circumstances within which a person may apply for an affordable dwelling purchase arrangement under the Affordable Housing Act 2021 and for that purpose to amend that Act; to provide for consultation with the Public Appointments Service prior to a declaration under the Local Government Act 2001 in relation to qualifications in respect of certain posts in the local government sector and for that purpose to further amend that Act; to increase the borrowing limit of the Housing Finance Agency and for that purpose to amend the Housing Finance Agency Act 1981 ; to extend the power of the Minister for Finance to direct the National Treasury Management Agency to pay money to the Land Development Agency in certain circumstances and for that purpose to amend the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 ; to provide for the raising of certain funds by the Land Development Agency and for that purpose to amend the Land Development Agency Act 2021 ; and to provide for matters connected therewith. [6th March, 2024] Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: PART 1 Preliminary and General Short title, collective citation and commencement 1.

(1)This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024.
(2)(
  1. a)This Act, other than Part 5 and sections 65 , 66 , 67 and 69 , and the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2023 may be cited together as the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2024. (
  2. b)Section 65 and the Housing Acts 1966 to 2021 may be cited together as the Housing Acts 1966 to 2024. (
  3. c)Section 66 and the Housing Finance Agency Acts 1981 to 2007 may be cited together as the Housing Finance Agency Acts 1981 to 2024, and shall be read together as one. (
  4. d)Section 67 and the National Treasury Management Agency Acts 1990 to 2022 may be cited together as the National Treasury Management Agency Acts 1990 to 2024, and shall be construed together as one.
(3)This Act, other than sections 66 , 67 and 69 , shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or provisions. Interpretation 2.
(1)In this Act— “Act of 1992” means the Electoral Act 1992 ; “Act of 2000” means the Planning and Development Act 2000 ; “Act of 2022” means the Electoral Reform Act 2022 ; “administrative area” has the same meaning as it has in the Principal Act; “Cathaoirleach” has the same meaning as it has in the Principal Act; “chief executive”, other than in section 20 , subsection
(2)of section 33 , subsection
(2)of section 34 , and Part 6 , means the chief executive of Limerick City and County Council who holds employment in accordance with section 144 of the Principal Act; “Commission” means An Coimisiún Toghcháin; “consultative forum” has the meaning assigned to it by section 30 ; “director general” has the meaning assigned to it by section 26 ; “elected council”, other than in Part 6 , means the elected council (within the meaning of the Principal Act) of Limerick City and County Council; “enactment” has the same meaning as it has in the Interpretation Act 2005 ; “establishment day” shall be construed in accordance with section 8 ; “Leas-Chathaoirleach” has the same meaning as it has in the Principal Act; “Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir” shall be construed in accordance with section 24 ; “Limerick” shall be construed in accordance with subsection
(2)of section 10 of, and Part 3 of Schedule 5 to, the Principal Act; “Limerick City and County Council” shall be construed in accordance with subsection
(3)of section 11 of, and Part 3 of Schedule 5 to, the Principal Act; “local authority” has the same meaning as it has in the Principal Act; “Local Elections Regulations” means the Local Elections Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 297 of 1995 ); “Mayor” has the meaning assigned to it by section 9 ; “mayoral by-election” has the meaning assigned to it by section 13 ; “meetings administrator” has, in relation to Limerick City and County Council, the same meaning as it has in the Principal Act; “Minister” means the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage; “ordinary day of retirement”, in relation to the outgoing members of Limerick City and County Council, has the same meaning as it has in the Principal Act; “prescribed” means prescribed by regulation made by the Minister under this Act; “Principal Act” means the Local Government Act 2001 ; “Príomh Chomhairleoir” shall be construed in accordance with section 22 ; “vesting day” means the day on which the term of office of the person first elected as Mayor commences in accordance with subsection
(5)of section 9 .
(2)Any public notice required by this Act to be given by a returning officer may be given by any method which the returning officer thinks necessary or desirable for the purpose of bringing to the attention of the public the matter so required to be notified. Orders and regulations 3.
(1)The Minister may by regulations provide for any matter referred to in this Act as prescribed or to be prescribed or for the purpose of enabling any provision of this Act to have full effect.
(2)Where a provision of this Act requires or authorises the Minister to make regulations, such regulations may— (
  1. a)make different provision for different circumstances or cases, classes or types, and (
  2. b)contain such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the regulations.
(3)Every order (other than an order under section 1 , 8 , 47 , 48 or 63 ) and regulation (other than a regulation made under section 49 ) made by the Minister under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order or regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House sits after the order or regulation is laid before it, the order or regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder. Saver 4.
(1)Anything commenced, but not completed, before the vesting day by or under the authority of the chief executive or the Cathaoirleach may, in so far as it relates to a function that, on the vesting day, vests in the Mayor under section 10 , be carried on or completed on or after that day by the Mayor.
(2)Every act done, every decision made, every instrument made under an enactment and every document (including any certificate) granted or made, in the performance of a function that, on the vesting day, vests in the Mayor under section 10 , shall, if and in so far as it was operative immediately before the vesting day, have effect on and after that day as if it had been done, made or granted by the Mayor.
(3)Anything commenced, but not completed, before the vesting day by or under the authority of the Cathaoirleach may, in so far as it relates to a function that, on the vesting day, vests in the Príomh Chomhairleoir under section 23 , be carried on or completed on or after that day by the Príomh Chomhairleoir.
(4)Every act done, every decision made, every instrument made under an enactment and every document (including any certificate) granted or made, in the performance of a function that, on the vesting day, vests in the Príomh Chomhairleoir under section 23 , shall, if and in so far as it was operative immediately before the vesting day, have effect on and after that day as if it had been done, made or granted by the Príomh Chomhairleoir.
(5)Anything commenced, but not completed, before the vesting day by or under the authority of the Leas-Chathaoirleach may, in so far as it relates to a function that, on the vesting day, vests in the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir under section 25 , be carried on or completed on or after that day by the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir.
(6)Every act done, every decision made, every instrument made under an enactment and every document (including any certificate) granted or made, in the performance of a function that, on the vesting day, vests in the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir under section 25 , shall, if and in so far as it was operative immediately before the vesting day, have effect on and after that day as if it had been done, made or granted by the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir. Application of Principal Act to Limerick 5. The Principal Act shall apply to— (
  1. a)Limerick, and (
  2. b)Limerick City and County Council, subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 3 and any other necessary modifications. Expenses 6. The expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas. Review of Act 7.
(1)The Minister shall, not later than 3 years after the establishment day, conduct a review of the operation and effectiveness of this Act and shall, not later than 3 months after the end of that period of 3 years, or on the completion of the review, whichever is the earlier, make a report, in writing, to each House of the Oireachtas of the findings of the review and of the conclusions drawn from those findings.
(2)In conducting a review under this section, the Minister shall consult with the Mayor, Limerick City and County Council, the consultative forum and such other persons as the Minister considers appropriate for the purpose of the review. PART 2 Mayor of Limerick Establishment day 8. The Minister shall by order appoint a day to be the establishment day for the purposes of this Act. Mayor of Limerick 9.
(1)There shall be a mayor in respect of the administrative area of Limerick City and County Council, who— (
  1. a)shall be known, in the Irish language, as Méara Luimnigh and, in the English language, as the Mayor of Limerick, and (
  2. b)is referred to in this Act as “Mayor”.
(2)The office of Mayor of Limerick shall stand established on the establishment day.
(3)Subject to section 13 , the Mayor shall be elected in accordance with Schedule 2 .
(4)The Mayor shall hold office in accordance with this Act.
(5)Subject to subsection
(6), the person elected to be Mayor (including the person first so elected) shall hold office on a full-time basis for a term commencing on the ordinary day of retirement falling in the year in which he or she is so elected and ending on the next ordinary day of retirement.
(6)Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Mayor in the circumstances referred to in subsection
(3)of section 13 , the person elected to fill the vacancy so occurring shall hold office for a term commencing on the day immediately following the day on which the returning officer declares under subparagraph
(2)of paragraph 29 or paragraph 54 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 the result of the poll at the mayoral by-election and ending on the next ordinary day of retirement.
(7)Subject to subsection
(8), a person who holds or has held the office of Mayor and who (having held such office) has not, by virtue of paragraph (a), (c), (d) or (e) of subsection
(1)of section 13 , ceased to hold such office shall be eligible for re-election to that office but a person shall not hold the office of Mayor for more than 2 terms referred to in subsection
(5), which may be in addition to any term held in accordance with subsection
(6).
(8)The Mayor shall not, while holding office as mayor, engage in any trade, profession, vocation or other occupation, whether remunerated or otherwise, which might reasonably be seen to be capable of interfering or to be incompatible with the performance of his or her functions as Mayor. Functions of Mayor 10.
(1)All functions (other than functions conferred by or under an enactment specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 ) that, immediately before the vesting day, vested in the Cathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after that day, vest in the Mayor.
(2)All functions (other than functions conferred by or under an enactment specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 ) that, immediately before the vesting day, vested in the chief executive of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after that day, vest in the Mayor.
(3)From the vesting day, a reference in any enactment (other than an enactment specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 ) to Cathaoirleach shall, in so far as the reference applies to the Cathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference to the Mayor, or as including a reference to the Mayor, as the context requires.
(4)From the vesting day, a reference in any enactment (other than an enactment specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 ) to chief executive shall, in so far as that reference applies to the chief executive of Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference to the Mayor, or as including a reference to the Mayor, as the context requires.
(5)This section shall apply subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3 . Effect of election as Mayor at mayoral by-election on membership of local authority 11.
(1)Subject to subsection
(1)of section 17 , a person who, while being a member of a local authority, is elected in circumstances to which subsection
(3)of section 13 applies by way of mayoral by-election to the office of Mayor shall, notwithstanding section 17 of the Principal Act, upon the day immediately following the day on which the returning officer declares under subparagraph
(2)of paragraph 29 or paragraph 54 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 the result of the poll at the mayoral by-election concerned, cease to be such a member.
(2)Paragraph (b) of subsection
(3)of section 17 of the Principal Act shall not apply to a person who, at the same time, is elected to the office of Mayor and as a member of a local authority. Resignation of Mayor 12. The Mayor may resign from office by notice in writing signed by him or her and delivered to the principal offices of Limerick City and County Council and the resignation shall take effect on the day specified in the notice or, where no such day is specified, on receipt of such notice by Limerick City and County Council. Vacancies 13.
(1)The Mayor ceases to hold office and a vacancy in the office of Mayor occurs— (
  1. a)upon removal of the Mayor from office in accordance with Part 7 , (
  2. b)upon the death or resignation (in accordance with section 12 ) of the Mayor, (
  3. c)upon the Mayor becoming disqualified for membership of a local authority or for holding the office of Mayor of Limerick under section 13, 13A or 182 of the Principal Act, (
  4. d)upon the Mayor becoming disqualified for membership of a local authority under section 20 of the Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 , or (
  5. e)upon an order under paragraph (
  6. b)of subsection
(4)of section 17 of the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 for the forfeiture of the office of the person as a member of the local authority taking effect under subsection
(6)of that section.
(2)It is the duty of the meetings administrator to notify the elected council in writing on becoming aware that a vacancy referred to in subsection
(1)has occurred.
(3)Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Mayor— (a) in any of the circumstances referred to in subsection
(1), and (b) not later than the 31st day of October in the year immediately preceding a year in which an election referred to in section 26 of the Principal Act is required to be held, an election (in this Act referred to as a “mayoral by-election”) shall be held in accordance with Schedule 2 not later than 3 months from the occurrence of that vacancy to fill the vacancy so occurring.
(4)Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Mayor— (a) in any of the circumstances referred to in subsection
(1), and (b) during the period commencing on the 1st day of November in the year immediately preceding a year in which an election referred to in section 26 of the Principal Act is required to be held and ending on the next ordinary day of retirement, the functions of Mayor shall be performable by the Príomh Chomhairleoir during the period commencing on the day on which the vacancy occurs and ending on the next ordinary day of retirement.
(5)Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Mayor in circumstances to which subsection
(3)applies, the functions of Mayor shall be performable by the Príomh Chomhairleoir during the period commencing on the day on which the vacancy occurs and ending on the day on which the returning officer declares under subparagraph
(2)of paragraph 29 or paragraph 54 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 the result of the poll at the mayoral by-election held consequent upon the occurrence of that vacancy.
(6)Where the functions of Mayor are performable by the Príomh Chomhairleoir in accordance with subsection
(4)or
(5), the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir shall assume the responsibilities of the office of Príomh Chomhairleoir for the duration of the period during which they are so performable.
(7)Sections 16, 18, 19 and 19A of the Principal Act shall not apply in respect of the office of Mayor.
(8)Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Mayor in any of the circumstances referred to in subsection
(1)and the Mayor is, when the vacancy occurs, absent in any of the circumstances referred to in subsection
(1)of section 14 , this section shall apply to the vacancy so occurring notwithstanding such absence. Temporary absence 14.
(1)A temporary absence occurs in the office of Mayor where the Mayor is absent from office and the absence is— (
  1. a)occasioned by the Mayor taking leave in accordance with the Maternity Protection Act 1994 , (
  2. b)due to illness, or (
  3. c)in good faith for another reason.
(2)It is the duty of the meetings administrator to notify the elected council in writing on becoming aware that a temporary absence referred to in subsection
(1)has occurred.
(3)Where a temporary absence occurs in the office of Mayor, the functions of Mayor shall, subject to section 13 , be performable by the Príomh Chomhairleoir during the period commencing on the occurrence of the vacancy and ending on the earlier of— (a) the day immediately preceding the day on which the Mayor returns to office, or (b) the day immediately preceding the next ordinary day of retirement.
(4)Where the functions of Mayor are performable by the Príomh Chomhairleoir in accordance with this section, the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir shall assume the responsibilities of the office of Príomh Chomhairleoir for the duration of the period during which they are so performable.
(5)The Mayor shall not, during the period referred to in subsection
(4), perform any functions as Mayor or any functions performable by him or her as a member of the elected council unless and until he or she returns to the office of Mayor. Remuneration 15.
(1)Limerick City and County Council shall pay to the Mayor such remuneration as it may, from time to time, with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, determine.
(2)A determination under subsection
(1)may make provision for the amount of remuneration of the Mayor to be calculated in such manner, or by means of the application of such formula, as may be specified in the determination.
(3)Limerick City and County Council may pay to the Mayor 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.
(4)Section 142 of the Principal Act shall not apply to the Mayor. Funding for performance of functions of Mayor 16. In each financial year, the Minister shall advance to the Mayor out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas such amount or amounts as the Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, determine for the purposes of expenditure by the Mayor in the performance of his or her functions under this Act. Membership of council 17.
(1)The Mayor shall be, ex officio, a member of Limerick City and County Council.
(2)Subject to subsection
(5)and without prejudice to section 44 and Schedule 10 (as modified by this Act) of the Principal Act, the Mayor shall be entitled to— (
  1. a)attend, speak and participate in discussions at meetings of Limerick City and County Council, and (
  2. b)exercise a vote in relation to any motion, matter or question that comes before the elected council.
(3)The Mayor shall be entitled to attend, speak and participate in discussions at meetings of the municipal district members (within the meaning of section 22B of the Principal Act) of Limerick City and County Council but shall not be entitled to exercise a vote in relation to any motion, matter or question that comes before the municipal district members at any such meeting.
(4)A member of the elected council attending a meeting of Limerick City and County Council may ask questions of the Mayor in relation to the performance by him or her of his or her functions and the Mayor shall answer such questions.
(5)The Mayor shall not have a vote in relation to a motion or resolution under Part 7 or under section 132, 138, 139 or 140 of the Principal Act (as modified by this Act).
(6)Removal of the members of Limerick City and County Council by the Minister in accordance with section 216 of the Principal Act shall not operate to— (
  1. a)remove the person who for the time being holds the office of Mayor from that office, or (
  2. b)prevent the Mayor from performing the functions (other than the functions performable by him or her as a member of the elected council) conferred on him or her by this Act. Staff of Mayor 18. The director general, after consultation with the Mayor, shall assign not more than 4 or, for any period during which no special adviser stands appointed under section 19 , not more than 5 employees of Limerick City and County Council to assist the Mayor in the performance of his or her functions. Special adviser to Mayor 19.
(1)The Mayor may appoint a person who, in the opinion of the Mayor, has experience and expertise in relation to matters to which the functions of special adviser under this section relate, to be a special adviser to the Mayor.
(2)The Mayor shall, as soon as may be after appointing a person to be a special adviser under this section, prepare and submit to the elected council a document describing the experience and expertise referred to in subsection
(1)of that person.
(3)A special adviser appointed under this section shall assist the Mayor by— (
  1. a)providing him or her with advice, and (
  2. b)providing such assistance in relation to the functions of the Mayor as the Mayor may direct.
(4)A special adviser appointed under this section shall, in the performance of his or her functions, be accountable to the Mayor.
(5)The terms and conditions of employment of a special adviser appointed under this section shall be determined from time to time by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.
(6)Subject to subsection
(8), a special adviser appointed under this section shall, while he or she stands so appointed, be deemed to be an employee of Limerick City and County Council.
(7)The term of appointment of a special adviser shall cease on the date on which the Mayor ceases to hold that office or such earlier date as may be determined by the Mayor in accordance with the terms and conditions referred to in subsection
(5).
(8)Paragraph (b) of subsection
(1)of section 158 of the Principal Act shall not apply to a special adviser appointed under this section. Amendments to Principal Act relating to office of Mayor 20. The Principal Act is amended— (a) in section 13— (i) by the insertion, after subsection
(1), of the following subsections: “(1A) Subject to subsection
(2), a person to whom subsection
(1)applies, other than a person referred to in paragraph (
  1. b)or (
  2. e)of that subsection, is disqualified from being elected to the office of Mayor of Limerick. (1B) Subject to subsection
(2), a person to whom subsection
(1)applies is disqualified from holding the office of Mayor of Limerick.”, and (ii) in subsection
(2)— (I) by the substitution, in paragraph (a), of “subsection
(1), (1A) or (1B) in respect of a person to whom subsection
(1)(k) applies” for “subsection
(1)(k)”, (II) by the substitution, in paragraph (b), of “subsection
(1), (1A) or (1B) in respect of a person to whom subsection
(1)(l) applies” for “subsection
(1)(l)”, and (III) by the substitution, in paragraph (c), of “subsection
(1), (1A) or (1B) in respect of a person to whom subsection
(1)(m) applies” for “subsection
(1)(m)”, (b) in section 13A, by the insertion, after subsection
(1), of the following subsection: “(1A) A person to whom subsection
(1)applies is not disqualified from being elected to the office of Mayor of Limerick, but is disqualified from holding that office.”, (c) in section 19— (i) by the insertion, in subsection
(1), of the following paragraphs after paragraph (a): “(aa) upon the cessation of membership of a member of a local authority under subsection
(1)of section 11 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024, (
  1. ab)in the case of a person who, at the same time, is elected to the office of Mayor of Limerick and as a member of a local authority, on the ordinary day of retirement next following the election concerned,”, and (
  2. ii)by the substitution, in subsection
(3), of “a person (other than the Mayor of Limerick)” for “a person” in each place where it occurs, (d) in section 19A, by the substitution, in subsection
(3), of “a person (other than the Mayor of Limerick)” for “a person” in each place where it occurs, (e) in section 182— (i) in subsection
(1)(a), by the insertion of “and from being elected to or holding the office of Mayor of Limerick” after “local authority”, and (ii) in subsection
(2)— (I) by the insertion of “or acts as Mayor of Limerick while disqualified from holding that office by virtue of this section,” after “this section,”, and (II) by the insertion of “or of the Mayor of Limerick, as the case may be” after “concerned”, and (f) in Schedule 7, by the substitution, in Part 3, of “41 (including the Mayor of Limerick)” for “40”. PART 3 Other Structural Changes Abolition of office of Cathaoirleach and Leas-Chathaoirleach of council 21. On the vesting day, the offices of Cathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council and Leas-Chathaoirleach of that council shall stand abolished. Príomh Chomhairleoir 22.
(1)Limerick City and County Council shall have a chairperson who shall, subject to subsection
(2), be elected and hold office in accordance with Part 5 of the Principal Act and who shall be known as the Príomh Chomhairleoir of Limerick City and County Council and is, in this Act, referred to as the “Príomh Chomhairleoir”.
(2)The person who, immediately before the vesting day, was the Cathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council, shall be the Príomh Chomhairleoir on and after that day until— (
  1. a)a successor is elected at the next annual meeting of that council, or (
  2. b)he or she dies, resigns, becomes disqualified for the office of Príomh Chomhairleoir, is removed from the office of Príomh Chomhairleoir or otherwise ceases to be Príomh Chomhairleoir, whichever occurs sooner. Functions of Príomh Chomhairleoir 23.
(1)All functions conferred by or under an enactment specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 that, immediately before the vesting day, vested in the Cathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after that day, vest in the Príomh Chomhairleoir.
(2)From the vesting day, a reference in an enactment specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to Cathaoirleach or Cathaoirligh shall, in so far as that reference applies to the Cathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference to the Príomh Chomhairleoir, or as including a reference to the Príomh Chomhairleoir, as the context may require.
(3)This section shall apply subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3 . Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir 24.
(1)Limerick City and County Council shall have a vice-chairperson who shall, subject to subsection
(2), be elected and hold office in accordance with Part 5 of the Principal Act and who shall be known as the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir of Limerick City and County Council and is, in this Act, referred to as the “Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir”.
(2)The person who, immediately before the vesting day, was the Leas-Chathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council, shall be the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir on and after that day until— (
  1. a)a successor is elected at the next annual meeting of that council, or (
  2. b)he or she dies, resigns, becomes disqualified for the office of Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir, is removed from the office of Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir or otherwise ceases to be Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir, whichever occurs sooner. Functions of Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir 25.
(1)All functions conferred by or under any enactment that, immediately before the vesting day, vested in the Leas-Chathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after that day, vest in the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir.
(2)From the vesting day, a reference in any enactment to Leas-Chathaoirleach shall, in so far as that reference applies to the Leas-Chathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference to the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir, or as including a reference to the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir, as the context may require.
(3)This section shall apply subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3 . Director general 26.
(1)The chief executive of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after the vesting day, be known as the director general of Limerick City and County Council and is in this Act referred to as the “director general”.
(2)The person who, immediately before the vesting day, was the chief executive of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after that day, continue in office and be referred to in accordance with subsection
(1).
(3)On and after the vesting day, a reference in an enactment specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to chief executive shall, in so far as that reference applies to the chief executive of Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference to the director general, or as including a reference to the director general, as the context may require.
(4)This section shall apply subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3 . Delegation of functions of Mayor to director general 27.
(1)The Mayor may by instrument in writing delegate any of his or her functions, other than functions vested in him or her by virtue of subsection
(1)of section 10 or functions performable by him or her as a member of the elected council, to the director general.
(2)The director general shall perform the functions delegated to him or her under this section and shall be accountable to the Mayor for the performance of those functions.
(3)A function delegated under this section shall be performable by the director general subject to the general superintendence and control of the Mayor and subject to any conditions or restrictions stated in the instrument under subsection
(1).
(4)A function delegated under this section shall, notwithstanding the delegation, continue to vest in the Mayor but shall so vest concurrently with the director general so as to be performable by either the Mayor or the director general.
(5)The Mayor may by instrument in writing revoke a delegation under this section.
(6)Notification of a delegation under this section or of its subsequent revocation shall be given to the members of Limerick City and County Council as soon as may be after the delegation or revocation of delegation concerned. Deputy director general 28.
(1)On and after the vesting day, a deputy chief executive appointed by the director general under section 148 of the Principal Act shall be known as the deputy director general of Limerick City and County Council and is, in this Act, referred to as the “deputy director general”.
(2)The person who, immediately before the vesting day, was the deputy chief executive of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after that day, continue in office and be referred to in accordance with subsection
(1).
(3)On and after the vesting day, a reference in any enactment to deputy chief executive shall, in so far as the reference applies to the deputy chief executive of Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference to the deputy director general, or as including a reference to the deputy director general, as the context may require.
(4)This section shall apply subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3 . PART 4 Additional Functions of Mayor and Mayoral Office Structures Definitions (Part 4) 29.
(1)In this Part— “Act of 2015” means the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 ; “delivery board” has the meaning assigned to it by section 33 ; “Limerick City and County Development Plan” means a development plan under subsection
(1)of section 9 of the Act of 2000 relating to Limerick which is, for the time being, in force; “Limerick-Shannon metropolitan area strategic plan” means the part of the regional spatial and economic strategy for the Southern Region relating to the area referred to in that strategy as the Limerick-Shannon Metropolitan Area; “Mayoral programme” has the meaning assigned to it by section 31 ; “National Development Plan” means the National Development Plan 2021-2030 published by the Government on 4 October 2021 or any document published by the Government which amends or replaces that plan; “National Planning Framework” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2000; “ordinary meeting” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 to the Principal Act; “public body” means— (
  1. a)a Minister of the Government, (
  2. b)a local authority, (
  3. c)a body (other than a company) established by or under an enactment, or (
  4. d)a company established pursuant to a power conferred by or under an enactment, and financed wholly or partly by— (
  5. i)moneys provided, or loans made or guaranteed, by a Minister of the Government, or (
  6. ii)the issue of shares held by or on behalf of a Minister of the Government; “regional spatial and economic strategy” means a regional spatial and economic strategy made under Chapter III of Part II of the Act of 2000; “transport sub-group” has the meaning assigned to it by section 34 . Limerick Mayoral and Government Consultative Forum 30.
(1)There shall stand established on the vesting day a forum to be known as the Limerick Mayoral and Government Consultative Forum (in this Act referred to as the “consultative forum”) to advise the Minister in relation to any matter that affects, or is likely to affect, Limerick or the performance of the functions of the Mayor.
(2)The consultative forum shall consist of— (
  1. a)the Minister, who shall be the chairperson of the consultative forum, (
  2. b)each Minister of the Government (other than the Minister), and (
  3. c)the Mayor.
(3)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection
(1), the consultative forum may advise and make recommendations to the Minister in relation to— (
  1. a)issues arising from the establishment of the office of Mayor or the operation of this Act, (
  2. b)the conferral of such additional functions on the Mayor as the consultative forum considers necessary for the effective operation of the office of Mayor, (
  3. c)the funding of Limerick City and County Council for the purpose of the matters referred to in this subsection, (
  4. d)any Bill before either House of the Oireachtas that, if enacted, would be likely to affect Limerick or the performance by Limerick City and County Council of its functions, (
  5. e)any policy under consideration by the Minister or the Government relating to Limerick or Limerick City and County Council, or (
  6. f)any other matter relating to Limerick or Limerick City and County Council.
(4)Limerick City and County Council may make submissions and representations to the consultative forum in relation to any enactment or policy of the Minister or the Government as it considers appropriate.
(5)The Minister shall arrange for the provision of such secretarial and administrative support services as are required by the consultative forum to perform its functions.
(6)The Minister may arrange for the provision to the consultative forum of such— (
  1. a)technical advice and assistance, or (
  2. b)research facilities, as he or she considers necessary or expedient for the purposes of the functions of the consultative forum.
(7)The Minister shall fix the date, time and place of the first meeting of the consultative forum and such date shall be no later than 6 months after the vesting day.
(8)The consultative forum shall meet— (
  1. a)subject to paragraph (b), twice in each year at intervals of not less than 5, and not more than 7, months, and (
  2. b)at such other times as may be necessary for the due performance of its functions as agreed between the persons referred to in subsection
(2).
(9)Subject to this section, the consultative forum may regulate its procedure and business. Mayoral programme 31.
(1)The Mayor shall, within the period of 4 months from the commencement of his or her term of office, prepare and publish a programme (to be known, and in this Part referred to, as the “Mayoral programme”) setting out the key objectives and priorities for his or her term of office.
(2)The Mayor shall, in preparing the Mayoral programme, take account of the statutory obligations of Limerick City and County Council and any relevant policies or objectives for the time being of the Government or any Minister of the Government.
(3)The Mayor shall present a draft of the Mayoral programme for consideration by the elected council at an ordinary meeting held before the expiration of the period referred to in subsection
(1).
(4)Not less than 14 days before the day on which the ordinary meeting referred to in subsection
(3)is to be held, the meetings administrator shall send a copy of the draft of the Mayoral programme to every member of the elected council.
(5)The Mayor shall, before finalising the Mayoral programme, consider any comments or observations made at the meeting referred to in subsection
(3)by members of the elected council in relation to the draft of the Mayoral programme.
(6)As soon as practicable after the meeting referred to in subsection
(3), and in any event within the period referred to in subsection
(1), the Mayor shall finalise the Mayoral programme and a copy of it shall be— (
  1. a)provided to the elected council and the director general, (
  2. b)published on the website of Limerick City and County Council, (
  3. c)made available at the principal offices of Limerick City and County Council, where it may be inspected by any member of the public during normal opening hours and purchased at a price not exceeding the reasonable cost of reproduction, and (
  4. d)furnished to the Minister. Limerick Mayoral Advisory and Implementation Committee 32.
(1)The Mayor shall, not later than 2 months from the commencement of his or her term of office and, in the case of the dissolution of a committee under subsection
(9), not later than 2 months after that dissolution, establish a committee to be known as the “Limerick Mayoral Advisory and Implementation Committee” to perform the functions conferred on it by or under this Act.
(2)A committee established under this section shall consist of— (
  1. a)the Mayor, who shall be the chairperson of the committee, (
  2. b)such members of Limerick City and County Council appointed by the Mayor as the Mayor considers appropriate, and (
  3. c)such other persons— (
  4. i)nominated by nominating bodies in accordance with subsection
(4), and (ii) appointed by the Mayor, as the Mayor considers appropriate.
(3)A committee established under this section shall consist of such number of persons as the Mayor considers appropriate.
(4)The Mayor may request a body whose functions or activities affect or may affect Limerick or the performance by Limerick City and County Council of its functions (in this section referred to as a “nominating body”) to nominate a person to be a member of the committee.
(5)The functions of a committee established under this section shall be— (
  1. a)to assist the Mayor in the preparation of the Mayoral programme, (
  2. b)to support the Mayor in advancing the Mayoral programme, (
  3. c)to promote, foster and support economic, touristic, social and cultural activities in Limerick, in particular the rural areas thereof, (
  4. d)to promote, foster and support conservation and restoration of nature, protection and enhancement of biodiversity, and sustainable development in Limerick, (
  5. e)the coordination in Limerick of initiatives, services and funding giving effect to Government policy to support rural areas, (
  6. f)the coordination in Limerick of measures giving effect to Government policy concerning the regeneration of towns, (
  7. g)the coordination of other regeneration projects in Limerick, (
  8. h)the discussion and consideration of initiatives to sustain employment in Limerick, in particular the rural areas thereof, (
  9. i)the discussion and consideration of measures to enhance cooperation between nominating bodies, and (
  10. j)the consideration of any matter that may affect Limerick or Limerick City and County Council.
(6)A committee established under this section may establish such subcommittees as it considers appropriate to examine such matters as the committee may direct and to report to the committee in relation to those matters.
(7)A subcommittee established under subsection
(6)shall consist of— (
  1. a)at least one member of the committee for the time being established under this section, (
  2. b)such number of the members of Limerick City and County Council as the Mayor considers appropriate, one of whom, subject to subsection
(8), shall be appointed by the Mayor to be the chairperson of the subcommittee, (
  1. c)an employee for the time being holding or exercising the functions of the post of director of services of Limerick City and County Council, and (
  2. d)such other persons— (
  3. i)nominated by such of the nominating bodies as the chairperson of the subcommittee may decide, and (
  4. ii)appointed by the chairperson of the subcommittee.
(8)Where the Mayor is a member of a subcommittee established under subsection
(6), he or she shall be the chairperson of the subcommittee.
(9)The Mayor may at any time dissolve a committee or subcommittee established under this section.
(10)A committee or subcommittee established under this section may act notwithstanding a vacancy or more than one vacancy among its members.
(11)A member of a committee or subcommittee established under this section may be removed from the committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, at any time by the Mayor.
(12)The Mayor may regulate the procedure (including procedures regarding attendance at meetings) of a committee or subcommittee established under this section.
(13)Subject to subsection
(9), a committee or subcommittee established under this section shall stand dissolved on the day immediately preceding the next ordinary day of retirement or, in a case where a mayoral by-election is held in accordance with subsection
(3)of section 13 , on the day on which the returning officer declares under subparagraph
(2)of paragraph 29 or paragraph 54 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 the result of the poll at the mayoral by-election. Limerick Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board 33.
(1)On the commencement of this section there shall stand established a committee to be known as the Limerick Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board (in this Part referred to as the “delivery board”) to perform the functions conferred on it by or under this Act.
(2)Each of the following shall be, ex officio, a member of the delivery board: (
  1. a)the Mayor, who shall be the chairperson of the delivery board; (
  2. b)the director general; (
  3. c)the chief executive of Clare County Council; (
  4. d)the director of the Southern Regional Assembly.
(3)The Mayor may, if he or she considers it appropriate, appoint such additional persons to be members of the delivery board as may be nominated for that purpose at the invitation of the Mayor by a public body performing functions in relation to the spatial planning and sustainable development of Limerick.
(4)The Mayor shall, after consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency, appoint a person who has knowledge of, or expertise in, matters relating to climate and at least one of the areas referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (x) of section 9
(4)(a) of the Act of 2015 to be a member of the delivery board.
(5)The functions of the delivery board shall be— (a) to support, having regard to the respective statutory functions of the members of the delivery board (or, in the case of members nominated under subsection
(3), the statutory functions of the public bodies that nominated them), the implementation in Limerick of the objectives of the National Planning Framework, the National Development Plan, the Limerick City and County Development Plan and the Limerick-Shannon metropolitan area strategic plan and to collaborate with public bodies referred to in subsection
(3)for that purpose, including such bodies involved in— (
  1. i)the provision of infrastructure (including infrastructure relating to climate change mitigation, water services and transport), large-scale housing and amenities, (
  2. ii)the arrangement, co-ordination and provision of social and economic regeneration measures including the development and improvement of land and infrastructure, (iii) rural, social and cultural development, or (
  3. iv)the promotion of employment, enterprise and tourism, (
  4. b)to co-ordinate and monitor the implementation of the Limerick City and County Development Plan and the Limerick-Shannon metropolitan area strategic plan and to prepare such reports as it considers necessary in relation to the implementation of those plans, (
  5. c)to support the implementation, in accordance with guidelines issued under section 14B
(8)of the Act of 2015, of any local authority climate action plan (within the meaning of that section) prepared by Limerick City and County Council, and (d) to co-ordinate initiatives, supports and funding in Limerick giving effect to Government policy concerning support of rural areas and regeneration of rural towns.
(6)The Mayor shall send a copy of any report prepared by the delivery board to the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.
(7)Subject to subsection
(8), the delivery board shall hold such and so many meetings as may be necessary for the due fulfilment of its functions.
(8)The delivery board shall, in each year, hold not less than one meeting with the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.
(9)The delivery board may establish such subcommittees as it considers appropriate to examine such matters as the delivery board may direct and to report to the delivery board in relation to those matters.
(10)Where the Mayor is a member of a subcommittee established under subsection
(9), he or she shall be the chairperson of the subcommittee or shall nominate a member of the delivery board to be the chairperson.
(11)A subcommittee established under subsection
(9)shall consist of— (
  1. a)at least one member of the delivery board, and (
  2. b)such other persons as the Mayor may determine.
(12)The Mayor may at any time dissolve a subcommittee established under subsection
(9).
(13)The delivery board or any subcommittee established under subsection
(9)may act notwithstanding a vacancy or more than one vacancy among its members.
(14)A member of the delivery board or a subcommittee established under subsection
(9)may be removed from the delivery board or subcommittee, as the case may be, at any time by the Mayor.
(15)Subject to this section, the delivery board may regulate its procedure or the procedure of a subcommittee established under subsection
(9). Limerick Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board Transport Sub-Group 34.
(1)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection
(9)of section 33 , the delivery board shall, within 3 months of its establishment, establish a subcommittee which shall be known as the Limerick Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board Transport Sub-Group (in this section referred to as the “transport sub-group”) to perform the functions conferred on it by this section.
(2)Each of the following shall be, ex officio, a member of the transport sub-group: (
  1. a)the Mayor, who shall be the chairperson of the transport sub-group; (
  2. b)the director general; (
  3. c)the chief executive of Clare County Council; (
  4. d)the director of the Southern Regional Assembly.
(3)The Mayor may appoint such additional persons to be members of the transport sub group nominated at the invitation of the Mayor by public bodies performing functions or carrying out activities relating to the provision of transport infrastructure and services in Limerick.
(4)The Mayor shall, after consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency, appoint a person who has knowledge of, or expertise in, matters relating to climate and transport policy to be a member of the transport sub-group.
(5)The functions of the transport sub-group shall be— (a) to collaborate with public bodies referred to in subsection
(3)to support, having regard to the respective statutory functions of the members of the transport sub group (or, in the case of members nominated under subsection
(3), the statutory functions of the public bodies that nominated them), the implementation of the National Planning Framework, the National Development Plan, the Limerick City and County Development Plan and the Limerick-Shannon metropolitan area strategic plan in relation to the provision of transport infrastructure and services in Limerick, (b) to support the implementation, in accordance with guidelines issued under section 14B
(8)of the Act of 2015, of any local authority climate action plan (within the meaning of that section) prepared by Limerick City and County Council, and (c) to prepare such reports as it considers necessary in relation to its functions under paragraph (a).
(6)The Mayor shall send a copy of any report prepared under subsection
(5)to the Minister for Transport, as soon as practicable after the report is prepared.
(7)Subject to subsection
(8), the transport sub-group shall hold such and so many meetings as may be necessary for the due fulfilment of its functions.
(8)The transport sub-group shall, in each year, hold not less than one meeting with the Minister for Transport.
(9)Subsections
(12)to
(15)of section 33 shall apply to the transport sub-group as those subsections apply to a subcommittee established under subsection
(9)of section 33 . Consultation with Mayor 35.
(1)The Mayor may request, in writing, a Minister of the Government to— (
  1. a)provide specified information to the Mayor, or (
  2. b)consult with the Mayor, in relation to any policy of that Minister or any enactment under which that Minister performs functions that, in the opinion of the Mayor, is having, or is likely to have, an impact on Limerick or Limerick City and County Council.
(2)Subject to any enactment or rule of law prohibiting or restricting the disclosure of any class of information, the Minister concerned shall, upon a request under subsection
(1)— (
  1. a)provide such information as he or she considers appropriate to the Mayor, or (
  2. b)consult with the Mayor, in relation to any policy or enactment referred to in the request.
(3)The Mayor may request, in writing, a public body to— (
  1. a)provide specified information to the Mayor, or (
  2. b)consult with the Mayor, in relation to any policy of that public body or any enactment under which that public body performs functions that, in the opinion of the Mayor, is having, or is likely to have, an impact on Limerick or Limerick City and County Council.
(4)Subject to any enactment or rule of law prohibiting or restricting the disclosure of any class of information, a public body shall, upon a request under subsection
(3)— (
  1. a)provide such information as it considers appropriate to the Mayor, or (
  2. b)consult with the Mayor, in relation to any policy or enactment referred to in the request. PART 5 Amendment of Certain Enactments in Connection with Election of Mayor Amendment of Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937 36. The Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 29A: “Cesser of membership of Seanad in certain circumstances 29B. Where a member of Seanad Éireann for a university constituency is deemed to be elected as Mayor of Limerick under paragraph 54 of Chapter 12 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024, he or she shall thereupon cease to be such member and a vacancy shall exist accordingly in the membership of Seanad Éireann.”. Amendment of Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947 37. The Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 80A: “Cesser of membership of Seanad in certain circumstances 80B. Where a member of Seanad Éireann elected under this Act is deemed to be elected as Mayor of Limerick under paragraph 54 of Chapter 12 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024, he or she shall thereupon cease to be such member and a vacancy shall exist accordingly in the membership of Seanad Éireann.”. Amendment of Act of 1992 38. The Act of 1992 is amended— (
  3. a)in section 2, by the insertion, in subsection
(1), of the following definitions: “ ‘Limerick City and County Electoral Area’ has the same meaning as it has in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024; ‘Limerick mayoral election’ means an election, including a mayoral by-election, held in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024; ‘plebiscite’ has the same meaning as it has in Part 6 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024;”, (b) in section 11, by the substitution, in subsection
(2), of “European, local or Limerick mayoral election or a referendum or plebiscite” for “European or local election or a referendum”, (c) in section 13— (i) by the substitution, in subsection
(1), of “local elections, Limerick mayoral elections or plebsicites,” for “local elections,”, (ii) by the substitution, in subsection
(2), of “, referendum or plebiscite” for “or referendum”, and (iii) by the insertion, in subsection
(5), of “or plebiscite” after “referendum” in each place it occurs, (
  1. d)in section 14— (
  2. i)by the substitution, in paragraph (
  3. c)of subsection
(2), of “European, local or Limerick mayoral election, or a referendum or plebiscite” for “European or local election, or a referendum”, and (ii) by the substitution, in subsection
(2), of “that election, referendum or plebiscite” for “that election or referendum”, (
  1. e)in section 15C— (
  2. i)by the substitution of “election, referendum or plebiscite” for “election or a referendum”, (
  3. ii)by the substitution of “election, referendum or plebiscite,” for “election or referendum,” in each place it occurs, and (iii) by the substitution of “elections, referendums or plebiscites.” for “elections or referendums.”, (
  4. f)in section 15D, in subsection
(6)— (
  1. i)by the substitution of “election, referendum or plebiscite” for “election or a referendum”, and (
  2. ii)by the substitution of “election, referendum or plebiscite.” for “election or referendum.”, (
  3. g)in section 17, by the substitution— (
  4. i)in subsection
(1), of “, at a local election in accordance with Part VIII of the Local Elections Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 297 of 1995 ), at a Limerick mayoral election in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 or at a plebiscite in accordance with Part 6 of that Act” for “or at a local election in accordance with Part VIII of the Local Elections Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 297 of 1995 )”, and (ii) in subsection
(6), of “European, local or Limerick mayoral election or a referendum or plebiscite,” for “European or local election, or a referendum,” and of “that election, referendum or plebiscite,” for “that election or referendum,”, (h) in section 17A, by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subsection
(4): “(
  1. ii)shall, if an order appointing polling day is made in the case of a Dáil, presidential, European, local or Limerick mayoral election, or a referendum or plebiscite, and the person will reach 18 years on a day that falls during the period beginning on the last day on which applications for entry in the register can be received and ending on polling day in the case of such an election, referendum or plebiscite, enter the name of the person on the register of electors published for the purpose of the election, referendum or plebiscite, as the case may be, or election and referendum and plebiscite, in respect of which the order appointing polling day was made, and”, (
  2. i)in section 28, by— (
  3. i)the substitution, in subsection
(1), of “, local elections, Limerick mayoral elections and plebiscites” for “and local elections”, and (ii) the insertion of the following subsection after subsection
(8): “(8A) The scheme in operation under this section on the commencement of section 38 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 shall apply for the purposes of a Limerick mayoral election or a plebiscite until such time as the next scheme under this section comes into operation.”, (j) in section 42, by— (i) the substitution, in paragraph (c) of subsection
(1), of “Comptroller and Auditor General, or” for “Comptroller and Auditor General,”, and (
  1. ii)the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (c): “(
  2. d)is deemed to be elected as Mayor of Limerick under paragraph 54 of Chapter 12 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024,”, (
  3. k)in section 164, by— (
  4. i)the substitution, in subsection
(1), of “local elections, Limerick mayoral elections in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 or at a plebiscite in accordance with Part 6 of that Act” for “local elections, a plebiscite under Part 6 of the Local Government Act 2019 ”, and (ii) in subsection
(3), by the substitution, in subparagraph (
  1. ii)of paragraph (d), of “elections or a referendum or plebiscite” for “elections or a referendum” and “Local Elections Acts 1963 to 1992, the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024” for “Local Elections Acts, 1963 to 1992,”, (
  2. l)in section 165, by— (
  3. i)the substitution, in paragraph (
  4. g)of subsection
(1), of “Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024;” for “ Local Government Act 2019 .”, (ii) the insertion, in the said subsection
(1), of the following paragraph after paragraph (g): “(
  1. h)the poll at a Limerick mayoral election.”, and (iii) the substitution, in paragraph (
  2. f)of subsection
(2), of “Limerick mayoral election or plebiscite under Part 6 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024” for “or plebiscite under Part 6 of the Local Government Act 2019 ”, (
  1. m)in the Second Schedule— (
  2. i)in Rule 1, by— (I) the substitution of “election, referendum or plebiscite” for “election or referendum” in each place it occurs, and (II) by the substitution, in paragraph
(3), of “election, a referendum or a plebiscite” for “election or a referendum”, (ii) in Rule 7, by the substitution, in paragraph
(2), of “election, referendum or plebiscite” for “election or referendum” in both places it occurs, (iii) in Rule 13, by— (I) the substitution, in clause (iv) of subparagraph (b) of paragraph
(1)of “referendum,” for “referendum, or”, (II) the substitution, in clause (v) of subparagraph (b) of paragraph
(1)of “election,” for “election.”, (III) the insertion, in paragraph
(1), of the following clauses in subparagraph (b): “(
  1. vi)under paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 in the case of a Limerick mayoral election, or (vii) under section 47 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 in the case of a plebiscite under Part 6 of that Act.”, (IV) the substitution, in subparagraph (
  2. c)of paragraph
(2), of “constituency,” for “constituency, and”, (V) the substitution, in subparagraph (d) of paragraph
(2), of “relates, and” for “relates.”, and (VI) the insertion, in paragraph
(2), of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (d): “(
  1. e)each member of the Limerick City and County Council for the Limerick City and County Electoral Area to which the register relates.”, (
  2. iv)in Rule 14, by— (I) the substitution of the following clause for clause (iii) of subparagraph (
  3. a)of paragraph
(4): “(iii) each candidate duly nominated— (I) for the local electoral area at a local election, or (II) for the Limerick City and County Electoral Area at a Limerick mayoral election.”, (II) the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (d) of paragraph
(4): “(
  1. d)such number of copies of the register for each Dáil constituency or part of a Dáil constituency or for a local electoral area or for the Limerick City and Council Electoral Area, as the case may be, as the returning officer at a Dáil election, a local election, a Limerick mayoral election or a plebiscite or the local returning officer at a presidential election or a referendum requires for the purpose of his or her duties as returning officer or local returning officer, as the case may be, at that election or referendum,”, (III) the substitution of “registration area,” for “registration area, or” in clause (
  2. ii)of subparagraph (
  3. f)of paragraph
(4), (IV) the substitution of the following clause for clause (iii) of subparagraph (f) of paragraph
(4): “(iii) for a local electoral area in the registration area, or”, (V) the insertion of the following clause after clause (iii) of subparagraph (f) of paragraph
(4): “(iv) for the Limerick City and County Electoral Area at a Limerick mayoral election.”, and (VI) the substitution, in paragraph
(5), of “to the returning officer at a Dáil election, a local election, a Limerick mayoral election or a plebiscite, the local returning officer at a presidential election or a referendum” for “to the returning officer at a Dáil election or a local election, the local returning officer at a presidential election or a referendum.”, and (v) in Rule 39, in subparagraph (b) of paragraph
(2), by— (I) the substitution of “election, referendum or plebiscite” for “election or referendum” in each place it occurs, and (II) the substitution of “or all,” for “or both,”. Amendment of Electoral Act 1997 39. The Electoral Act 1997 is amended— (a) in section 2— (i) by the substitution, in subsection
(1), of the following definition for the definition of “election”: “ ‘election’, except in Parts VII and VIII, means, as the context may require, a Dáil election, a European election or a Limerick mayoral election or any combination thereof;”, (ii) by the insertion, in subsection
(1), of the following definition: “ ‘Limerick mayoral election’ means an election, including a mayoral by-election, held in accordance with Schedule 2 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024;”, (iii) by the substitution, in subsection
(1), of the following definition for the definition of “political party”: “‘political party’, except in Parts VI and IX, means a political party registered in the Register of Political Parties in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part 2 of the Electoral Reform Act 2022 as a party organised to contest— (a) an election for membership of Dáil Éireann, (b) an election for membership of the European Parliament, or (c) a Limerick mayoral election;”, and (iv) by the substitution, in subsection
(1), in the definition of “polling day”, of “local election or a Limerick mayoral election” for “local election”, (b) in section 3, by the substitution, in subsection
(1), of “, 53, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 103 or 107” for “or 53”, (
  1. c)in section 4, by— (
  2. i)the substitution, in subsection
(1), of “, 56, 95 and 106” for “and 56”, (ii) the substitution, in subsection
(2), of “, 56, 95 or 106” for “or 56”, (iii) the substitution, in paragraph (a) of subsection
(3), of— (I) “, 56, 95 or 106” for “or 56”, (II) “sections 23 or 94” for “section 23”, and (III) “, VI or X” for “or VI”, (iv) the substitution, in paragraph (c) of subsection
(3), of “, VI or X” for “or VI” in both places where it occurs, (
  1. v)the substitution— (I) in paragraph (
  2. a)of subsection
(6), of “, VI or X” for “or VI”, (II) in paragraph (
  1. b)of that subsection, of “, VI or X” for “or VI”, and (
  2. vi)the substitution, in subsection
(7), of “, VI or X” for “or VI”, (
  1. d)in section 4B, by— (
  2. i)the substitution, in subsection
(1), of “, IX or X” for “or IX”, (ii) the substitution, in subsection
(9), of “, IX or X” for “or IX”, and (iii) the substitution, in subsection
(10), of “, 92
(1)(e), 113
(2)(d), 113
(2)(e), 113
(4)(a), 113
(4)(b), 113
(4)(c), 113
(4)(d) and 113
(4)(e)” for “and 92
(1)(d)”, (e) in section 18, by the substitution, in subsection
(2), of “the Local Elections Acts 1974 to 2014, the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024” for “the Local Elections Acts, 1974 to 1997”, (f) in section 22, by— (i) the substitution, in paragraph (a) of subsection
(2), of “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick, a representative in the European Parliament or a third party or a candidate at a Dáil, Seanad, Limerick mayoral or European election” for “House of the Oireachtas, a representative in the European Parliament or a third party or a candidate at a Dáil, Seanad or European election”, (ii) the substitution, in subparagraph (vi) of paragraph (a) of subsection
(2), of “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick, a representative in the European Parliament or a third party or a candidate at a Dáil, Seanad, Limerick mayoral or European election” for “House of the Oireachtas, a representative in the European Parliament or a third party or a candidate at a Dáil, Seanad or European election”, (iii) the substitution, in subparagraph (vii) of paragraph (a) of subsection
(2), of “Dáil, Seanad, Limerick mayoral or European election” for “Dáil, Seanad or European election”, (iv) the substitution, in paragraph (aa) of subsection
(2), in the definition of “political purposes”, of— (I) “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick” for “House of the Oireachtas” in clause (I) of subparagraph (i), (II) “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick” for “House of the Oireachtas” in clause (II) of subparagraph (i), (III) “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick” for “House of the Oireachtas” in clause (III) of subparagraph (i), and (IV) “Dáil, Seanad, Limerick mayoral or European election” for “Dáil, Seanad or European election” in subparagraph (ii), (v) the substitution, in paragraph (aa) of subsection
(2), in the definition of “third party”, of “ Electoral Reform Act 2022 , the Mayor of Limerick” for “ Electoral Reform Act 2022 ”, (
  1. vi)the substitution, in clause (I) of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (
  2. b)of subsection
(2), of “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick” for “House of the Oireachtas”, (vii) the substitution, in subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (b) of subsection
(2), of “a political party, the Mayor of Limerick, a member of either House of the Oireachtas or a representative” for “a political party or a member of either House of the Oireachtas or a representative”, (viii) the substitution, in subparagraph (vi) of paragraph (b) of subsection
(2), of “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick” for “House of the Oireachtas”, (
  1. ix)the substitution, in subparagraph (
  2. ii)of paragraph (
  3. c)of subsection
(2), of “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick” for “House of the Oireachtas”, and (
  1. x)the substitution, in subparagraph (
  2. i)of paragraph (
  3. d)of subsection
(2), of “House of the Oireachtas or the Mayor of Limerick” for “House of the Oireachtas”, (g) in section 23, by— (i) the substitution, in subsection
(1), of “member of either House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick,” for “member of either House of the Oireachtas,”, and (ii) the substitution, in subsection
(2), of “member of either House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick,” for “member of either House of the Oireachtas,”, (h) in section 23A, by— (i) the deletion, in subsection
(1), of “or” in paragraph (e), (
  1. ii)the substitution, in that subsection, of “unit, or” for “unit,” in paragraph (f), (iii) the insertion, in that subsection, of the following new paragraph after paragraph (f): “(
  2. g)the Mayor of Limerick,”, (
  3. iv)the substitution, in that subsection, of “(
  4. c)or (g)” for “or (c)”, and (
  5. v)the substitution, in paragraph (
  6. i)of subsection
(3), of “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick,” for “House of the Oireachtas,”, (
  1. i)in section 23AA, by— (
  2. i)the substitution, in paragraph (
  3. c)of subsection
(1), of “, European or Limerick mayoral election” for “or European election”, (ii) the deletion, in paragraph (e) of subsection
(1), of “or”, (iii) the substitution, in paragraph (f) of subsection
(1), of “unit, or” for “unit,”, (iv) the insertion, in subsection
(1), of the following paragraph after paragraph (f): “(
  1. g)the Mayor of Limerick,”, (
  2. v)the substitution, in paragraph (
  3. a)of subsection
(5), of “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick,” for “House of the Oireachtas,”, and (vi) the substitution, in paragraph (b) of subsection
(5), of “European or Limerick mayoral election” for “or European election”, (
  1. j)in section 23AB, by— (
  2. i)the substitution, in paragraph (
  3. c)of “, European or Limerick mayoral election” for “or European election”, (
  4. ii)the deletion, in paragraph (e), of “or”, (iii) the substitution, in paragraph (f), of “unit, or” for “unit,”, and (
  5. iv)the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (f): “(
  6. g)the Mayor of Limerick,”, (
  7. k)in section 23B, by— (
  8. i)the substitution, in subsection
(1), of “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick,” for “House of the Oireachtas,”, and (ii) the substitution, in subsection
(3), of “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick,” for “House of the Oireachtas,”, (
  1. l)in section 23D, by the substitution, in paragraph (
  2. a)of subsection
(2), of “(
  1. a)to (g)” for “(
  2. a)to (f)”, (
  3. m)in section 24, by the substitution, in paragraph (
  4. a)of subsection
(1), of “was a member of either House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick or a representative in the European Parliament shall furnish to the Standards in Public Office Commission a written statement, in the form directed by the said Commission, in respect of the preceding year indicating whether during that year the member, Mayor or representative” for “was a member of either House of the Oireachtas or a representative in the European Parliament shall furnish to the Standards in Public Office Commission a written statement, in the form directed by the said Commission, in respect of the preceding year indicating whether during that year the member or representative”, (n) in section 24A, by— (i) the substitution, in paragraph (a) of subsection
(1), of “European, local election or Limerick mayoral election” for “European or local election”, and (
  1. ii)the insertion, in paragraph (
  2. b)of that subsection, of the following new subparagraph: “(
  3. iv)the Mayor of Limerick, or”, (
  4. o)in section 25, by the substitution, in subsection
(1), of “a member of either House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick, a representative in the European Parliament” for “a member of either House of the Oireachtas, a representative in the European Parliament”, (p) in section 26, by— (i) the substitution, in subsection
(1), of “, 46 or 93” for “or 46”, and (
  1. ii)the substitution, in paragraph (
  2. c)of subsection
(2), of “subparagraph (
  1. vi)of paragraph (
  2. a)of subsection
(2)of section 22 or subparagraph (
  1. vi)of paragraph (
  2. a)of subsection
(2)of section 46 or subparagraph (
  1. iv)of paragraph (
  2. b)of the definition of donation in subsection
(1)of section 93” for “subsection
(2)(a)(vi) of section 22 or subsection
(2)(a)(
  1. vi)of section 46”, (
  2. q)in section 73, by— (
  3. i)the substitution, in paragraph (b), of— (I) “section 23 and 94” for “section 23”, and (II) “24, 48 and 95” for “24 or 48”, (
  4. ii)the substitution, in paragraph (c), of “36, 56 and 106” for “36 or 56”, (
  5. r)in section 83, by the insertion of the following definition: “ ‘political party’ means a political party registered in the Register of Political Parties in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part 2 of the Electoral Reform Act 2022 as a party organised to contest an election for membership of Dáil Éireann or an election for membership of the European Parliament or both such elections;”, and (
  6. s)the insertion of the following Part after Part IX: “PART X SPENDING AND DONATIONS AT ELECTION OF MAYOR OF LIMERICK Interpretation 93.
(1)In this Part— ‘account’ means an account in an institution in the State for the purpose of crediting and debiting money received in respect of donations; ‘candidate’ means a person who on or before the date of the making of an order under paragraph 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 appointing the polling day at a Limerick mayoral election is declared by himself or herself or by others to be a candidate at that election; ‘Commission’ means the Standards in Public Office Commission; ‘donation’ has the same meaning as it has in section 22
(2)(a); ‘election expenses’ means all expenses set out in the Schedule incurred in the provision of property, goods or services for use at a Limerick mayoral election during the period referred to in section 101
(2)in order— (
  1. a)to promote or oppose, directly or indirectly, the election of a candidate at the Limerick mayoral election or to solicit votes for or against a candidate, (
  2. b)to present the policies or a particular policy of a candidate or the views of a candidate on any matter connected with the Limerick mayoral election or the comments of a candidate on the policy or policies of another candidate at the Limerick mayoral election, or (
  3. c)otherwise to influence the outcome of a Limerick mayoral election, and the expenses mentioned in the foregoing shall be those, and only those, set out in the Schedule to this Act; ‘institution’ means— (
  4. a)the holder of a licence under section 9 of the Central Bank Act 1971 , (
  5. b)a building society incorporated or deemed to be incorporated under the Building Societies Act 1989 or a body incorporated in a corresponding manner under the law of any other Member State of the European Union, (
  6. c)a trustee savings bank within the meaning of the Trustee Savings Banks Act 1989 , (
  7. d)An Post, (
  8. e)a credit institution authorised in accordance with the European Union (Capital Requirements) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 158 of 2014 ) to carry on business in the State, or (
  9. f)a credit union registered as such under the Credit Union Act 1997 ; ‘Limerick mayoral election’ means— (
  10. a)a mayoral election within the meaning of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024, or (
  11. b)a mayoral election cancelled in accordance with paragraph 33 of that Part; ‘Limerick mayoral election donation statement’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 95; ‘mayoral election agent’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 99; ‘mayoral returning officer’ means a returning officer at a Limerick mayoral election; ‘responsible person’ means, in relation to a third party, a person responsible for the organisation, management or financial affairs of the third party; ‘third party’ means, in relation to a Limerick mayoral election, a person, other than a political party registered in the Register of Political Parties in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part 2 of the Electoral Reform Act 2022 , or a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election, who, in any particular year, accepts a donation the value of which exceeds €100.
(2)For the purposes of this Part, a body corporate and any subsidiary thereof shall be deemed to be one person.
(3)For the purposes of this Part, none of the following is a donation: (
  1. a)a payment, service or facility provided to a candidate out of public funds or moneys provided by an institution of the European Union or other intergovernmental organisation to which the State is a party (whether pursuant to this Act, the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Acts 1938 to 1998, the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts 1938 to 2018, the European Parliament (Irish Constituency Members) Act 2009 , the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 or otherwise) by virtue of being a member of either House of the Oireachtas, the holder of a qualifying office (within the meaning of the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts 1938 to 2018), the holder of a position referred to in the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 1994 , a member of the European Parliament, the holder of an elective or other public office or a member of, delegate to or representative in a body established by or under an agreement or arrangement to which the State is a party; (
  2. b)benefits derived from— (
  3. i)a service (including the use of the individual’s motor vehicle) rendered by an individual on behalf of a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election, if the service— (I) is provided free of charge, and (II) is not provided in the course of the individual’s employment or the carrying on of any business, trade or profession by the individual, or (
  4. ii)a service (including the use of the individual’s motor vehicle) rendered at a Limerick mayoral election by an individual employed by a political party (other than an individual in the employment of a subsidiary organisation of that party that has an office outside the State), whether the individual’s remuneration is paid out of the party’s resources or out of public funds, on behalf of a candidate of that party at a Limerick mayoral election, where the individual is not in receipt of any reward or benefit in kind other than his or her normal remuneration (including recoupment of expenses) in consideration of that service; (
  5. c)the publication in a newspaper, magazine or other periodical publication (including the publication of such newspaper, magazine or periodical on the internet) or the broadcast on radio or television of news, reports, articles, features, editorial, commentary (including letters to the editor of the newspaper, magazine or periodical) where such publication or broadcast is effected in the same manner as that of other material relating to issues of public interest or concern, and the newspaper, magazine or other periodical publication is not published for the purpose of promoting the interests of a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election; (
  6. d)the transmission on radio or television free of charge of a broadcast on behalf of a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election; (
  7. e)election expenses incurred by a political party on behalf of a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election or funds provided to such candidate by the political party in relation to those expenses.
(4)For the purposes of this Part, a donation, whether made directly or through an intermediary to a mayoral election agent or any person acting for or on behalf of a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election shall be deemed to be made to a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election if it is made to him or her or to any agent or other person acting for him or her unless the donation is passed on to a political party of which he or she is a member and a written acknowledgement is received by the said candidate from the political party in respect of the donation, in which case, it shall be deemed to be a donation to that political party, and any reference to a donation or the acceptance thereof shall be construed accordingly.
(5)Where a person makes more than one donation— (
  1. a)in the same year to the same Limerick mayor, or (
  2. b)in relation to the same candidate at the same Limerick mayoral election, all such donations shall, for the purposes of this Act, be aggregated and treated as a single donation. Anonymous donations to mayoral candidate 94.
(1)A candidate at a Limerick mayoral election or third party shall not, directly or through an intermediary, accept a donation exceeding €100 in value made by or on behalf of a person whose name and the address at which he or she ordinarily resides the candidate or third party does not know.
(2)Where a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election, his or her mayoral election agent or a third party is given a donation that, in accordance with subsection
(1), such candidate or third party is prohibited from accepting— (
  1. a)he or she shall, forthwith, forward the donation to the Commission, (
  2. b)the mayoral election agent shall specify particulars of the donation in— (
  3. i)any statement furnished by him or her to the Commission under section 95, and (
  4. ii)any certificate furnished by him or her to the Commission under section 97, and (
  5. c)the third party shall specify particulars of the donation in any certificate furnished by him or her to the Commission under section 97.
(3)The Commission shall dispose of a donation forwarded to it in accordance with subsection
(2)in such manner as the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform may direct. Limerick mayoral election donation statement 95.
(1)The mayoral election agent of each candidate at a Limerick mayoral election shall, not later than 56 days after the polling day at that election, furnish to the Commission a statement (to be known and, in this Part referred to, as a ‘Limerick mayoral election donation statement’) of— (
  1. a)the value of each donation exceeding €600 received by the candidate for the purposes of that election before, on or after the making of an order under paragraph 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 appointing the polling day for the election, (
  2. b)the name and description of the donor and address at which the donor resides, or has his or her principal office, in the State, (
  3. c)the date on which each donation was received, (
  4. d)whether the donation was requested from the donor, and if so, the name of the person who requested the donation, and (
  5. e)whether a receipt issued to the donor in respect of the donation, and if so, the date on which the receipt issued and the name of the person who issued the receipt, and a Limerick mayoral election donation statement shall be— (
  6. i)in writing, (
  7. ii)signed by the mayoral election agent and the candidate concerned, and (iii) in such form as the Commission shall specify.
(2)A statement furnished pursuant to subsection
(1)shall be accompanied by— (
  1. a)a statutory declaration made by the mayoral election agent concerned that, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the statement is accurate in every material respect and that he or she has taken all reasonable measures to satisfy himself or herself of the accuracy of the statement, and (
  2. b)a statutory declaration made by the candidate concerned that, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the statement is accurate in every material respect and that he or she has taken all reasonable measures to satisfy himself or herself of the accuracy of the statement.
(3)Upon the request of the Commission, a mayoral election agent shall provide the Commission with additional or supplemental information in relation to a Limerick mayoral election donation statement, and information provided to the Commission in compliance with that request shall— (
  1. a)be in such form as the Commission shall specify, and (
  2. b)if the Commission so requests, be accompanied by— (
  3. i)a statutory declaration made by the mayoral election agent concerned that, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the information is accurate in every material respect and that he or she has taken all reasonable measures to satisfy himself or herself of the accuracy of the information, and (
  4. ii)a statutory declaration made by the candidate concerned that, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the information is accurate in every material respect and that he or she has taken all reasonable measures to satisfy himself or herself of the accuracy of the information.
(4)It shall be the duty of every person who is required to furnish a statement or make a declaration in accordance with this section to make such inquiries and maintain such records as are reasonably necessary for the purpose of complying with this section.
(5)Where no donations were received by a candidate exceeding €600 in relation to a Limerick mayoral election, the statement to be furnished pursuant to subsection
(1), and accompanied by the statutory declarations made pursuant to subsection
(2), shall confirm that no donations exceeding €600 were received in relation to the Limerick mayoral election by the candidate. Limits on donation amounts 96.
(1)Without prejudice to subsection
(2), none of the following persons, namely— (
  1. a)a candidate, (
  2. b)a mayoral election agent, or (
  3. c)a third party at a Limerick mayoral election, shall directly or through any intermediary, accept from a particular person in a particular year a donation— (
  4. i)the value of which, in a case where the first-mentioned person falls within paragraph (
  5. a)or (b), exceeds €1,000, (
  6. ii)the value of which, in a case where the first-mentioned person falls within paragraph (c), exceeds €2,500, (iii) in cash of an amount which exceeds €200, or (
  7. iv)a donation of whatever value in the form of cryptocurrency.
(2)None of the persons referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of subsection
(1)shall, directly or through any intermediary, accept a donation of whatever value given by— (
  1. a)an individual (other than an Irish citizen) who ordinarily resides outside the island of Ireland, or (
  2. b)a body corporate or unincorporated body of persons that does not have an office in the State or Northern Ireland from which one, or more than one, of its principal activities is directed.
(3)Where section 23A or 48A of this Act, or section 19B of the Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 , also apply to any of the persons referred to in subsection
(1), the said section 23A, 48A or 19B (as the case may be) and subsection
(1)shall be construed as permitting only one donation of the value of €1,000 or €2,500, as the case may be (or 2 or more donations of a total value of the said amount) to be received, in a particular year, from the same donor in relation to the same person.
(4)Where a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election, a mayoral election agent of such a candidate or a third party is given a donation that he, she or it is prohibited from accepting by virtue of subsection
(1)or
(2), he, she or it shall, not later than 14 days after he, she or it receives the donation, either— (a) return the donation or, in the case of a monetary donation, such part of the donation as exceeds the appropriate monetary limit specified in subsection
(1)to the person who made the donation, and, for the purposes of its being furnished to the Commission, if so required by it, make and keep a record in writing of having done so, or (b) notify the Commission of such donation and remit the donation or, in the case of a monetary donation, such part of the donation as exceeds the appropriate monetary limit specified in subsection
(1)to the Commission.
(5)If a donation is accepted by or on behalf of a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election before the appointment by the candidate of a mayoral election agent, the candidate shall, upon such appointment, furnish to the mayoral election agent— (
  1. a)details of the donation, and (
  2. b)all documentation created for the purposes of that donation, and thereafter the mayoral election agent shall be responsible for furnishing the relevant statement to the Commission.
(6)In this section, ‘cryptocurrency’ means any form of digital currency that is not regulated, and in relation to which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of currency and verify the transfer of moneys. Political donations accounts 97.
(1)(
  1. a)Where a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election receives, for the purposes of that election, a monetary donation exceeding €100 before the appointment by him or her of a mayoral election agent, he or she shall— (
  2. i)open and maintain an account in an institution in the State, and (
  3. ii)lodge that donation to that account, and all subsequent monetary donations received by the candidate, or by his or her mayoral election agent (on behalf of that candidate), for the purposes of that election shall be lodged to that account. (
  4. b)Where a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election receives, for the purposes of that election, a monetary donation exceeding €100 after the appointment by him or her of a mayoral election agent, the mayoral election agent shall— (
  5. i)open and maintain an account in an institution in the State, and (
  6. ii)lodge that donation to that account, and all subsequent monetary donations received by the candidate, or by his or her mayoral election agent (on behalf of that candidate), for the purposes of that election shall be lodged to that account. (
  7. c)Where a third party, in relation to promoting a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election, receives, for the purposes of that election, a monetary donation exceeding €100, the third party shall— (
  8. i)open and maintain an account in an institution in the State, and (
  9. ii)lodge that donation to that account, and all subsequent monetary donations received by the third party to promote that candidate for the purposes of that election shall be lodged to that account.
(2)A mayoral election agent shall cause a donation statement furnished by him or her under section 95 to the Commission to be accompanied by— (
  1. a)a statement provided by the institution with which the account referred to in paragraph (
  2. a)or (
  3. b)of subsection
(1)is maintained specifying the transactions that have taken place in relation to that account during the period commencing on the day on which that account was opened and ending on polling day at the Limerick mayoral election, and (
  1. b)a certificate stating that— (
  2. i)all monetary donations received during the said period by him or her or the candidate for whom he or she is mayoral election agent have been lodged to the account opened under paragraph (
  3. a)or (
  4. b)of subsection
(1), and (ii) all amounts debited from that account have been applied for the purpose of— (I) promoting the election of the candidate concerned, or (II) otherwise affecting the outcome of the said election, and the certificate shall be in such form as the Commission may specify and be signed by the mayoral election agent.
(3)A third party shall, not later than 56 days after polling day at a Limerick mayoral election, furnish to the Commission— (
  1. a)a statement provided by the institution with which the account referred to in paragraph (
  2. c)of subsection
(1)is maintained specifying the transactions that have taken place in relation to that account during the period commencing on the day on which that account was opened and ending on polling day at the Limerick mayoral election, and (
  1. b)a certificate stating that— (
  2. i)all monetary donations received during the said period by the third party have been lodged to the account opened under paragraph (
  3. c)of subsection
(1), and (ii) all amounts debited from that account have been applied for the purpose of— (I) promoting the election of a candidate concerned, or (II) otherwise affecting the outcome of the said election, and the certificate shall be in such form as the Commission may specify and be signed by the responsible person of the third party.
(4)The certificate furnished pursuant to subsection
(2)or
(3)shall be accompanied— (
  1. a)by a statutory declaration made by the person by whom the certificate is furnished that, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the certificate is accurate in every material respect and that he or she has taken all reasonable measures to satisfy himself or herself as to the accuracy of the certificate, and (
  2. b)where the certificate is furnished by a mayoral election agent, by a statutory declaration made by the candidate that, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the certificate is accurate in every material respect and that he or she has taken all reasonable measures to satisfy himself or herself as to the accuracy of the certificate.
(5)The Commission shall retain all statements, certificates and statutory declarations furnished to it in accordance with this section and shall not disclose the contents thereof to any person unless— (
  1. a)ordered by a Court to so do, or (
  2. b)the disclosure of such contents to another person is required in connection with an investigation conducted by the Commission.
(6)Where the number of candidates standing nominated at a Limerick mayoral election is equal to one and the mayoral returning officer has declared the candidate standing nominated to be elected in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 29
(2)of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024, the requirements of this section and section 95 shall apply from the date on which the candidate was declared elected. Registration of third parties 98. A third party in relation to a Limerick mayoral election who receives a donation that exceeds €100 in value for the purpose of the promotion of the election of a candidate or to otherwise affect the outcome of such an election shall— (
  1. a)as soon as may be after receiving that donation, and (
  2. b)before incurring any expenses or further expenses, as may be appropriate, for the purposes of promoting the election of the candidate or otherwise affecting the outcome of the election, furnish to the Commission a statement in writing specifying— (
  3. i)the name and address of the third party and the name and address of the responsible person or each responsible person in relation to the third party, (
  4. ii)the nature, purpose and estimated amount of the donations to, and proposed expenses of, the third party in the year in which a Limerick mayoral election is held, and (iii) the third party’s connection (if any) with any political party or candidate at the election. Appointment of mayoral election agent 99.
(1)(
  1. a)A candidate at a Limerick mayoral election shall— (
  2. i)before incurring any election expenses at a Limerick mayoral election, appoint an agent (in this Part referred to as ‘mayoral election agent’) for the purposes of this Part and to assist the candidate in relation to the election, and (
  3. ii)not later than the last day for receiving nominations at the Limerick mayoral election, notify the mayoral returning officer in writing of the name of the mayoral election agent and the address of his or her office. (
  4. b)A candidate may appoint himself or herself to be his or her mayoral election agent. (
  5. c)A candidate who fails to comply with paragraph (
  6. a)within the period specified therein shall be deemed to be his or her own mayoral election agent and the appointment of any person to be the candidate’s mayoral election agent shall be deemed to have been revoked.
(2)A candidate may, at any time, revoke the appointment of a mayoral election agent appointed by the candidate under this section.
(3)If a mayoral election agent dies, resigns or is otherwise unable to act as a mayoral election agent, or his or her appointment is revoked in accordance with subsection
(2), the candidate concerned shall, forthwith— (
  1. a)appoint another person to be his or her mayoral election agent, and (
  2. b)notify the mayoral returning officer in writing of the name of the person so appointed and the address of the person’s office.
(4)Where a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election who has appointed himself or herself to be his or her mayoral election agent dies before he or she furnishes the Commission with the Limerick mayoral election donation statement in accordance with section 95 and a statement of election expenses in accordance with section 106, the personal representative of the candidate shall appoint himself or herself or another person to be the mayoral election agent of the candidate for the purpose of complying with this Part.
(5)The mayoral returning officer shall as soon as may be notify the Commission in writing and give public notice of the name and the address of the office of every mayoral election agent appointed or deemed to have been appointed under this section.
(6)A mayoral election agent appointed or deemed to have been appointed under this section shall have an office or place in or convenient to the Limerick City and County Electoral Area (within the meaning of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024) to which claims, notices, writs, summonses and other documents may be sent.
(7)Any claim, notice, writ, summons or document delivered to the office of a mayoral election agent and addressed to that mayoral election agent shall be deemed to have been served on the mayoral election agent.
(8)The provisions of this Part applicable to a mayoral election agent shall— (
  1. a)apply to a candidate— (
  2. i)who appoints himself or herself to be his or her mayoral election agent, or (
  3. ii)who is deemed to be his or her own mayoral election agent by virtue of paragraph (
  4. c)of subsection
(1), and (b) apply to a person appointed to be a mayoral election agent in accordance with subsection
(3)or
(4), in his or her capacity as mayoral election agent. Making of contracts through mayoral election agent 100.
(1)A contract (including a contract of employment and whether in writing or otherwise) by which any election expenses at a Limerick mayoral election exceeding €635 in value are incurred by or on behalf of a candidate at the election, shall be made by the mayoral election agent of the candidate and shall not be enforceable against the said candidate or mayoral election agent unless so made.
(2)Nothing in this section shall prejudice the right of any person who is a party to a contract to recover from any other such person any moneys, other property or services due to the first-mentioned person on foot of such contract. Expenses and payments at Limerick mayoral election 101.
(1)Where property, goods or services are provided to a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election— (
  1. a)without payment or other consideration therefor, or (
  2. b)at a price that is less than the commercial price therefor, the provision of the property, goods or services shall be deemed to be an election expense and the property, goods or services shall be deemed to have been provided at the commercial price and shall be recorded by the mayoral election agent in the statement required to be furnished to the Commission under section 106.
(2)The following shall be reckoned for the purposes of this Part and shall be included in the statement to be furnished to the Commission under section 106: (a) all election expenses incurred by or on behalf of a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election at any time during the period specified by an order made by the Minister under section 102
(1); (
  1. b)all election expenses incurred by or on behalf of a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election at any time before the commencement of the period referred to in paragraph (
  2. a)for the provision of property or services for use at the election during that period; (
  3. c)all payments made in respect of the election expenses referred to in paragraphs (
  4. a)and (b).
(3)A person shall not incur expenses at a Limerick mayoral election, or make a payment, advance or deposit at such election, on behalf of a candidate unless that person is the mayoral election agent of the candidate or a person authorised to so do by the mayoral election agent, and a person so authorised shall not incur expenses at a Limerick mayoral election, or make a payment, advance or deposit, on behalf of a candidate at such election in excess of such amount as is specified in the authorisation concerned.
(4)Where election expenses are incurred for the purposes of a Limerick mayoral election by— (
  1. a)a political party that supports the candidature of a candidate, (
  2. b)a body established by or on behalf of— (
  3. i)a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election, or (
  4. ii)a political party that supports the candidature of the candidate, for the purpose of incurring election expenses or making payments in respect of such expenses or for a purpose referred to in the definition of ‘election expenses’ in section 93, (
  5. c)a member or subsidiary organisation (within the meaning of Part IV) of a political party that supports the candidature of the candidate, or (
  6. d)a body— (
  7. i)controlled by a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election or a political party that supports the candidature of such candidate, (
  8. ii)that is or appears to be so connected with or associated with such candidate or such political party that a reasonable person would believe that it is controlled or substantially influenced by the candidate or political party, those election expenses shall be deemed to have been incurred by or on behalf of the candidate concerned and shall be accounted for accordingly by the mayoral election agent of the candidate and the provisions of this Part shall apply in relation thereto.
(5)A person (other than a mayoral election agent or a person authorised in accordance with subsection
(3)) who proposes to incur election expenses for the purposes of a Limerick mayoral election shall, before incurring any such expenses, furnish to the Commission a statement in writing specifying— (
  1. a)the name, address and description of the person, (
  2. b)the nature, purpose and estimated amount of such proposed expenses, and (
  3. c)the person’s connection (if any) with any candidate or political party that supports the candidature of a candidate at the election.
(6)Where election expenses are incurred by or on behalf of a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election before the appointment by the candidate of a mayoral election agent, the candidate shall, upon such appointment, furnish to the mayoral election agent, within such time as will enable the mayoral election agent to comply with section 106 in relation to such expenses, details of such expenses and vouchers relating thereto, and such election expenses shall, for the purposes of this Part, be deemed to be expenses incurred by the mayoral election agent.
(7)Every payment of election expenses made pursuant to this Part shall, where the said payment exceeds €127, be supported by a voucher stating the details of the transaction to which it relates.
(8)The publisher of a newspaper, magazine or other publication (including the publication of such newspaper, magazine or periodical on the internet) shall not publish any advertisement or notice purporting to promote or oppose (directly or indirectly) the interests of a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election— (
  1. a)except on the request of a candidate at that election, the mayoral election agent of such candidate or a person authorised in writing by such candidate or mayoral election agent for that purpose, or (
  2. b)in the case of a request to publish such notice or advertisement by any other person, unless that person produces to the said publisher a certificate from the Commission stating that, in relation to that election, the person has complied with subsection
(5).
(9)This section shall not operate to prevent or restrict— (a) the publication of any matter, other than an advertisement or notice referred to in subsection
(8), relating to a Limerick mayoral election— (
  1. i)in a newspaper, magazine or other publication (including the publication of such newspaper, magazine or periodical on the internet), or (
  2. ii)the broadcast of such matter by radio or television, or (
  3. b)the lawful expression of opinion on any matter of public interest relating to that election by any person. Period in respect of which election expenses are reckoned at Limerick mayoral elections 102.
(1)After the Minister has made an order under paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024, he or she may by order specify the period during which election expenses at the election concerned shall be reckoned for the purposes of this Part.
(2)An order under subsection
(1)shall specify— (
  1. a)a date that falls not less than 50 days and not more than 60 days before the polling day at the Limerick mayoral election concerned, to be the date on which the period shall commence, and (
  2. b)the polling day at the election concerned, to be the date on which the period shall end.
(3)The period during which election expenses at a Limerick mayoral election shall be reckoned shall continue for the same period as may be fixed by the Minister by order under section 12B of the Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 , for local elections.
(4)Every order made under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House sits after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder. Limitation of election expenses at Limerick mayoral election 103.
(1)The aggregate of all election expenses that may be incurred by or on behalf of a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election in connection with his or her candidature shall not exceed €72,100.
(2)Expenditure incurred by a political party at a Limerick mayoral election on behalf of a candidate whose candidature is authenticated by that political party shall be deemed to be expenditure incurred by or on behalf of the candidate and shall be accounted for accordingly by the mayoral election agent of the candidate. Period for making claims in relation to Limerick mayoral election expenses 104. Notwithstanding any other enactment, a claim in respect of election expenses incurred by— (a) the mayoral election agent of a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election, or (b) a person to whom subsection
(5)of section 101 applies, that is not delivered to the mayoral election agent or the person referred to in paragraph (b), as may be appropriate, before the expiration of the period of 45 days after the polling day at the election, shall not be payable by, or enforceable against, the mayoral election agent or person. Disputed claims in relation to Limerick mayoral election expenses 105. Where the mayoral election agent of a candidate at a Limerick mayoral election or a person to whom subsection
(5)of section 101 applies disputes any claim delivered to the mayoral election agent or person, as the case may be, before the expiration of the period specified in section 104, the person by whom the claim i

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