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Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023
From Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
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The Government has approved publication of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023.
The Bill provides 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, and provides for the conferral of certain functions on the said mayor.
The Bill also provides for ancillary structural changes in connection with the governance of that administrative area by Limerick City and County Council, and 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.
An explanatory memo regarding this Bill has also been prepared and is included here.