Monday 27 June, 2022
News of two developments brought the system into focus again this week.
The Green Party councillor says 90% of Ireland’s household wealth is tied up in property and that we should keep taxing it.
An election will be held later this year if the public health situation allows it.
Councillors, TDs and senators currently have no right to take maternity leave.
A Female Councillor Caucus in Cork and a Migrant-Councillor Forum in Kilkenny are some of the projects that were supported.
The move is an attempt to address over-tourism and protect workers.
The Assembly on gender equality will look at “the remaining barriers facilitating gender discrimination”.
Citizens of some cities will vote on Friday as to whether to introduce a directly elected mayor – the move would boost local government, writes Deiric Ó Broin .
From TheJournal.ie
The Taoiseach has said that borough councils should be established directly under a Mayor’s office.
Just under three in 10 Chief Executive (28%) and Director of Services (26%) roles in local authorities nationally are held by women.
It’s well-known that the smaller the number of people elected in a constituency, the less likely the election result will reflect the actual vote, writes Oliver Moran.
The Housing Committee recommended that short term lettings of more than 90 days annually should require change-of-use planning permission.
We need to see decentralisation to Irish cities, towns and rural areas in order to promote bottom-up enterprise development, writes Professor Eoin O’Leary.
Municipal councillors will soon be entitled to €1,000 extra.
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Up to 150 employees are unhappy with measures being implemented by the local authority.
The Irish Deaf Society said its members now face “further social exclusion”.
New reforms in local government mean councils will have greater policy development powers and a clearer role in economic development.
Minister Phil Hogan is looking for expressions of interest from people suitable to sit on the Commission.
They want a cut in local Government charges for businesses.
In 2012, arrears increased by €33 million, or approximately 10 per cent, compared to 2011, where rates arrears came to €323 million.
Minister Hogan has announced a total of €2.975 million in funding.
The local elections will be held in May – will you head to the polling stations?
And Phil ‘Big Phil’ Hogan will be doing the removal…
The response to the storms will first be assessed by local authorities before a preliminary report is then brought to Government next week.
The Dublin City Coroner has called for mandatory safety catches, but local authorities don’t inspect windows, it has been revealed.
When Irish Water takes over water services, Minister Hogan said local authorities will have lower funding needs.
The government has declined to accept a private members’ bill put forward by Fianna Fáil in the Dáil today.
The General Purpose Grant that funds the day-to-day activities of local councils has been steadily falling for most councils for the last three years.
Councillors are up in arms over plans to scrap the local authority. The town’s mayor will mention the issue in a speech attended by Hogan on Friday.
The European Council report says that Ireland has improved, but needs to devolve more power to local authorities.
The Minister isn’t giving much away about whether or not he’d like a directly-elected mayor for the capital.
“With this bill we intend to to build a better, stronger, more efficient, more responsive and more accountable system of local government,” Hogan said today.
Parking is a big money-maker for local authorities who make €115 million on paid parking.
The initiative aims to remove the reluctance of some people to physically ask for help.
Labour’s Oisín Quinn – nephew of minister Ruairí – could be one of the last mayors not to be directly elected by the public.
Figures published by Phil Hogan reveal the extent of the financial hit taken by councils as local enterprise goes under.
The notion that cutting local government spending wouldn’t save the country or bring justice to bankers, and therefore it shouldn’t be touched at all, is a logical fallacy, writes Aaron McKenna.
The government is seeking additional savings from the public sector, setting it on a collision course with unions. Here’s what it’s all about…
