Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010

Public bill · Government · Presented

An elected Mayor of Dublin would represent Dublin City and the counties of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin, supported by a new Regional Authority of Dublin. The Mayor and Authority would coordinate the four councils and take a leading role in regional planning, housing, transport, waste management and water services, with powers to direct councils in some areas and to align their budgets, services and policies. The measure would also create rules for mayoral elections, campaign spending and donations, public reporting, ethical conduct and protection for staff who report wrongdoing, while replacing the existing Dublin Regional Authority.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the election of a Mayor for the Local Government Areas of Dublin City and the counties of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin; to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as the Regional Authority of Dublin, or in the Irish language, Údarás Réigiúnach Bhaile Átha Cliath; to confer certain functions on the said Mayor and on the said Authority including functions under the Waste Management Act 1996, the Planning and Development Act 2000, the Local Government Act 2001 and certain other enactments; for that purpose and other purposes to amend those enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith

Last updated 20 November 2019