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Consultative Process Prior to the Green Paper

Minister Gormley established a Consultative Committee to assist with the preparation of the Green Paper on local government reform in August 2007. The Committee met on 6 occasions. Minutes of the Committee's meeting are available by following the links below:

Meeting 1 - September 19th 2007: (Introductions, Terms of Reference, and the agreement of the Committee's programme of work) (pdf, 28 kb)

Meeting 2 - 16th October 2007: (Discussion and advice regarding the approach towards establishment of town councils in those towns that have shown significant population growth in recent years, including the upgrading of the former Town Commission towns, where appropriate to Full Town Councils) (pdf, 52 kb)

Meeting 3 - 30th October 2007: (Discussion and advice regarding the provision of quality customer service to the public, expenditure limits at local elections, and the funding of Local Government having regard to the Indecon Report and the forthcoming Commission on Taxation) (pdf, 60 kb)

Meeting 4 - 13th Novemeber 2007: (Discussion and advice regarding ensuring a proper balance of power at local levels between the Manager and the elected representatives) (pdf, 49 kb)

Meeting 5 - 4th December 2007: (Discussion and advice regarding the introduction of a directly elected Mayor for Dublin with exective powers by 2011, and the issue of directly elected Mayors/Chairs) (pdf, 48 kb)


Meeting 6 - 20th December 2007: (Final wrap up of outstanding issues and discussion of a Summary of Themes Document. Minutes of the Committee's 6th meeting and a copy of the Summary of Themes document will be available shortly)


Green Paper Public Consultation

A public consultation process, to inform the drafting of the Green Paper took place during the summer of 2007. Links to an index of the submissions received and copies of the submissions are set out below. 

Please contact Eoin Corrigan (01) 888 2858 should you have any queries or comments in relation to the submissions. Please note that a number of contributors have requested that their submissions remain confidential, therefore their submissions do not appear below."

Index of Submissions (doc, 44 kb)

This document contains submissions from Dr Elaine Byrne, Mrs Catherine Cavendish, Cllr Joe Conway, Deirdre Cullen, Senator Mark Daly, Robert Daly, Dr G. Doherty, Suzanne Doyle MCC, Michael Lynch & Peter Fegan, Mr Maurice Fitzgerald, Cllr Mary Freehill, Senator Dominic Hannigan, Cllr Cáit Keane, Cllr Keith Martin, Mr Kevin Mooney, Cllr. John McGinley, Mr Damien Peat, Dr Aodh Quinlivan, Mr John Sewell, Mr Emmet Stagg T.D., Mr Aidan Thomas. (doc, 699 kb)

This document contains submissions from the Association of Town Clerks of Ireland, Clonmel Borough Council, Combat Poverty, Community Workers' Co-operative, Curam, Dublin Chamber of Commerce, Dublin City Council Fianna Fail, Dublin Sinn Féin, Dun Laoighaire Green Party Submission, FADA, Fairshare, Galway City Forum, Irish Rural Link, Labour Group of Dublin City Councillors, Maynooth Community Counci, Newbridge Chamber, Newbridge Community Development, Sinn Féin, South Dublin Chamber, Tallaght Partnership, Tallaght Residents and Community Umbrella, Urban Forum (doc, 942 kb)

ACCC Submission (pdf, 9,058 kb)

AMAI Submission (doc, 1,820 kb)

Dublin Central Green Party Submission (pdf, 343 kb)

Balbriggan Town Council (pdf, 3,918 kb)

Carrigaline Town Council Formation Committee Submission (pdf, 755 kb)

Clare County Development Board (pdf, 1,343 kb)

Mr Derek Behan (pdf, 1,736 kb)

Ennis Town Council Submission (pdf, 850 kb)

Cllr Dermot Lacey (pdf, 1,292 kb)

Cllr Dermot Lacey A Fair Deal for Dublin (pdf, 4,366 kb)

Irish Home Builders Association (pdf, 7,772 kb)

Mr John McInerney (pdf, 1,272 kb)

Cllr Johnny Flynn (pdf, 1,702 kb)

North Circular Road and Area Residents Group (pdf, 3,678 kb)

Office of the Ombudsman (pdf, 36 kb)

National Association of Labout Councillors (pdf, 1,648 kb)

Mr Shane McEntee TD (pdf, 746 kb)

South Eastern Regional Authority (pdf, 142 kb)

Standards in Public Office 1 (pdf, 57 kb)

Standards in Public Office 2 (pdf, 294 kb)

Ms Lorna Kelly (pdf, 910 kb)

Leixslip Town Council (pdf, 5,079 kb)

Mr Brian Flanagan Meath Green Party (pdf, 564 kb)

Ms Joan McArthur (pdf, 405 kb)

Disability Federation of Ireland (pdf, 2,483 kb)

Maynooth Community Council (pdf, 4,913 kb)

Mr Michael Ruane (pdf, 168 kb)

Cllr Monica Harford (pdf, 1,876 kb)

Bandon Town Council (pdf, 1,305 kb)

Cllr John Hannon (pdf, 1,540 kb)

Dublin Regional Authority (pdf, 4,016 kb)

Feasta- Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability (pdf, 2,445 kb)

Southern and Eastern Regional Assembly (pdf, 6,967 kb)

Tramore Town Council (pdf, 1,222 kb)

Midland Regional Authority (pdf, 109 kb)

Cllr Gerry Breen (pdf, 18 kb)

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