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No. 22 of 1998

Local Government Bill 1998

Public bill · Government · Presented

Creates a Local Government Fund to collect motor tax and related fees and distribute funding to local authorities, including for roads and improved services. It also changes vehicle-tax rates and exemptions, moves local elections to 1999 and every five years thereafter, updates local-authority appointments, and allows qualifying former councillors to receive a gratuity.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to make new provision with respect to the means whereby financial resources are made available to local authorities, to provide for the establishment of a fund to be known as the Local Government Fund, to amend the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act, 1952, and the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1992, to make provision in relation to elections of members of local authorities and the appointment of certain persons to certain other bodies, to otherwise make provision in relation to local government and to provide for related matters

Last updated 20 November 2019

Sponsor
  • Minister for Environment and Local Government Primary
Progress
  • First Stage
    Dáil
  • Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Committee Stage
    Dáil
  • Report Stage
    Dáil
  • Fifth Stage
    Dáil
  • Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Committee Stage
    Seanad
  • Report Stage
    Seanad
  • Fifth Stage
    Seanad Enacted
  • Enacted
    Enacted
Debates
  • Local Government Bill, 1998: Committee and Remaining Stages.
    Seanad
  • Local Government Bill, 1998: Motion for Earlier Signature.
    Seanad
  • Local Government Bill, 1998: Second Stage.
    Seanad
  • Local Government Bill, 1998: Report of Select Committee.
    Dáil
  • Local Government Bill, 1998: Report and Final Stages.
    Dáil
  • Local Government Bill, 1998: Committee Stage.
    SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
  • Local Government Bill, 1998 — Financial Resolution: Motion.
    Dáil
  • Local Government Bill, 1998: Second Stage (Resumed).
    Dáil
  • Local Government Bill, 1998: Referral to Select Committee.
    Dáil
  • Local Government Bill, 1998: Second Stage (Resumed).
    Dáil
  • Private Members' Business. - Local Government Bill, 1998: Second Stage (Resumed).
    Dáil
  • Local Government Bill, 1998: Order for Second Stage.
    Dáil
  • Local Government Bill, 1998: Second Stage.
    Dáil

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