PQ 125
125. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the only member of council staff obliged to attend a statutory meeting of a local authority is a county-city manager who designates themselves meetings administrator; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the formal calling of a council meeting must be done by notice from a meetings administrator; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on a number of occasions when the Sligo County Manager wanted meetings of Sligo Borough Council to take place he designated himself as meetings administrator and issued notice for meetings in accordance with the Local Government Act 2001; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on occasions when the County Manager did not want meetings of the borough council to take place he designated another official who refused to carry out the duties of meetings administrator; if regulations can be introduced to ensure that a county manager carries out his-her statutory duties in respect of the calling of meetings of a local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48722/13]
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125. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the only member of council staff obliged to attend a statutory meeting of a local authority is a county-city manager who designates themselves meetings administrator; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the formal calling of a council meeting must be done by notice from a meetings administrator; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on a number of occasions when the Sligo County Manager wanted meetings of Sligo Borough Council to take place he designated himself as meetings administrator and issued notice for meetings in accordance with the Local Government Act 2001; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on occasions when the County Manager did not want meetings of the borough council to take place he designated another official who refused to carry out the duties of meetings administrator; if regulations can be introduced to ensure that a county manager carries out his-her statutory duties in respect of the calling of meetings of a local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48722/13]
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