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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MAYOR OF LIMERICK) AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2024

Type Act
Publication 2024-03-06
Last updated 2025-12-31
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5 amending acts · 2025-12-31, revised-IE-2024-act-7@2025-12-31

Act to provide 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; to provide for the conferral of certain functions on the said mayor; to provide for ancillary structural changes in connection with the governance of that administrative area by Limerick City and County Council; to provide 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; for those purposes to amend the Electoral Act 1992, the Electoral Act 1997, the Litter Pollution Act 1997, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006 and the Electoral Reform Act 2022, to apply with modifications and amend the Local Government Act 2001, and to repeal Part 6 of the Local Government Act 2019; to extend the circumstances within which a person may apply for an affordable dwelling purchase arrangement under the Affordable Housing Act 2021 and for that purpose to amend that Act; to provide for consultation with the Public Appointments Service prior to a declaration under the Local Government Act 2001 in relation to qualifications in respect of certain posts in the local government sector and for that purpose to further amend that Act; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Reform history JSON API

  • “(vi) under paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 in the case of a Limerick mayoral election, or

  • (vii) under section 47 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 in the case of a plebiscite under Part 6 of that Act.”,

  • (IV) the substitution, in subparagraph (c) of paragraph (2), of “constituency,” for “constituency, and”,
  • (V) the substitution, in subparagraph (d) of paragraph (2), of “relates, and” for “relates.”, and
  • (VI) the insertion, in paragraph (2), of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (d):
  • “(e) each member of the Limerick City and County Council for the Limerick City and County Electoral Area to which the register relates.”,
  • (iv) in Rule 14, by—
  • (I) the substitution of the following clause for clause (iii) of subparagraph (a) of paragraph (4):

  • “(iii) each candidate duly nominated—

    • (I) for the local electoral area at a local election, or

    • (II) for the Limerick City and County Electoral Area at a Limerick mayoral election.”,

  • (II) the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (d) of paragraph (4):
  • “(d) such number of copies of the register for each Dáil constituency or part of a Dáil constituency or for a local electoral area or for the Limerick City and Council Electoral Area, as the case may be, as the returning officer at a Dáil election, a local election, a Limerick mayoral election or a plebiscite or the local returning officer at a presidential election or a referendum requires for the purpose of his or her duties as returning officer or local returning officer, as the case may be, at that election or referendum,”,
  • (III) the substitution of “registration area,” for “registration area, or” in clause (ii) of subparagraph (f) of paragraph (4),
  • (IV) the substitution of the following clause for clause (iii) of subparagraph (f) of paragraph (4):
  • “(iii) for a local electoral area in the registration area, or”,
  • (V) the insertion of the following clause after clause (iii) of subparagraph (f) of paragraph (4):
  • “(iv) for the Limerick City and County Electoral Area at a Limerick mayoral election.”,

and

  • (VI) the substitution, in paragraph (5), of “to the returning officer at a Dáil election, a local election, a Limerick mayoral election or a plebiscite, the local returning officer at a presidential election or a referendum” for “to the returning officer at a Dáil election or a local election, the local returning officer at a presidential election or a referendum.”,

and

  • (v) in Rule 39, in subparagraph (b) of paragraph (2), by—
  • (I) the substitution of “election, referendum or plebiscite” for “election or referendum” in each place it occurs, and
  • (II) the substitution of “or all,” for “or both,”.

39. Amendment of Electoral Act 1997

39. The Electoral Act 1997 is amended—

  • (a) in section 2—
  • (i) by the substitution, in subsection (1), of the following definition for the definition of “election”:

“ ‘election’, except in Parts VII and VIII, means, as the context may require, a Dáil election, a European election or a Limerick mayoral election or any combination thereof;”,

  • (ii) by the insertion, in subsection (1), of the following definition:

“ ‘Limerick mayoral election’ means an election, including a mayoral by-election, held in accordance with Schedule 2 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024;”,

  • (iii) by the substitution, in subsection (1), of the following definition for the definition of “political party”:

“‘political party’, except in Parts VI and IX, means a political party registered in the Register of Political Parties in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part 2 of the Electoral Reform Act 2022 as a party organised to contest—

  • (a) an election for membership of Dáil Éireann,

  • (b) an election for membership of the European Parliament, or

  • (c) a Limerick mayoral election;”,

and

  • (iv) by the substitution, in subsection (1), in the definition of “polling day”, of “local election or a Limerick mayoral election” for “local election”,
  • (b) in section 3, by the substitution, in subsection (1), of “, 53, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 103 or 107” for “or 53”,
  • (c) in section 4, by—
  • (i) the substitution, in subsection (1), of “, 56, 95 and 106” for “and 56”,
  • (ii) the substitution, in subsection (2), of “, 56, 95 or 106” for “or 56”,
  • (iii) the substitution, in paragraph (a) of subsection (3), of—
  • (I) “, 56, 95 or 106” for “or 56”,
  • (II) “sections 23 or 94” for “section 23”, and
  • (III) “, VI or X” for “or VI”,
  • (iv) the substitution, in paragraph (c) of subsection (3), of “, VI or X” for “or VI” in both places where it occurs,
  • (v) the substitution—
  • (I) in paragraph (a) of subsection (6), of “, VI or X” for “or VI”,
  • (II) in paragraph (b) of that subsection, of “, VI or X” for “or VI”,

and

  • (vi) the substitution, in subsection (7), of “, VI or X” for “or VI”,
  • (d) in section 4B, by—
  • (i) the substitution, in subsection (1), of “, IX or X” for “or IX”,
  • (ii) the substitution, in subsection (9), of “, IX or X” for “or IX”, and
  • (iii) the substitution, in subsection (10), of “, 92(1)(e), 113(2)(d), 113(2)(e), 113(4)(a), 113(4)(b), 113(4)(c), 113(4)(d) and 113(4)(e)” for “and 92(1)(d)”,
  • (e) in section 18, by the substitution, in subsection (2), of “the Local Elections Acts 1974 to 2014, the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024” for “the Local Elections Acts, 1974 to 1997”,
  • (f) in section 22, by—
  • (i) the substitution, in paragraph (a) of subsection (2), of “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick, a representative in the European Parliament or a third party or a candidate at a Dáil, Seanad, Limerick mayoral or European election” for “House of the Oireachtas, a representative in the European Parliament or a third party or a candidate at a Dáil, Seanad or European election”,
  • (ii) the substitution, in subparagraph (vi) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2), of “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick, a representative in the European Parliament or a third party or a candidate at a Dáil, Seanad, Limerick mayoral or European election” for “House of the Oireachtas, a representative in the European Parliament or a third party or a candidate at a Dáil, Seanad or European election”,
  • (iii) the substitution, in subparagraph (vii) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2), of “Dáil, Seanad, Limerick mayoral or European election” for “Dáil, Seanad or European election”,
  • (iv) the substitution, in paragraph (aa) of subsection (2), in the definition of “political purposes”, of—
  • (I) “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick” for “House of the Oireachtas” in clause (I) of subparagraph (i),
  • (II) “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick” for “House of the Oireachtas” in clause (II) of subparagraph (i),
  • (III) “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick” for “House of the Oireachtas” in clause (III) of subparagraph (i), and
  • (IV) “Dáil, Seanad, Limerick mayoral or European election” for “Dáil, Seanad or European election” in subparagraph (ii),
  • (vi) the substitution, in clause (I) of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of subsection (2), of “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick” for “House of the Oireachtas”,
  • (vii) the substitution, in subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (b) of subsection (2), of “a political party, the Mayor of Limerick, a member of either House of the Oireachtas or a representative” for “a political party or a member of either House of the Oireachtas or a representative”,
  • (viii) the substitution, in subparagraph (vi) of paragraph (b) of subsection (2), of “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick” for “House of the Oireachtas”,
  • (ix) the substitution, in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subsection (2), of “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick” for “House of the Oireachtas”, and
  • (x) the substitution, in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d) of subsection (2), of “House of the Oireachtas or the Mayor of Limerick” for “House of the Oireachtas”,
  • (g) in section 23, by—
  • (i) the substitution, in subsection (1), of “member of either House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick,” for “member of either House of the Oireachtas,”, and
  • (ii) the substitution, in subsection (2), of “member of either House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick,” for “member of either House of the Oireachtas,”,
  • (h) in section 23A, by—
  • (i) the deletion, in subsection (1), of “or” in paragraph (e),
  • (ii) the substitution, in that subsection, of “unit, or” for “unit,” in paragraph (f),
  • (iii) the insertion, in that subsection, of the following new paragraph after paragraph (f):
  • “(g) the Mayor of Limerick,”,
  • (iv) the substitution, in that subsection, of “(c) or (g)” for “or (c)”, and
  • (v) the substitution, in paragraph (i) of subsection (3), of “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick,” for “House of the Oireachtas,”,
  • (i) in section 23AA, by—
  • (i) the substitution, in paragraph (c) of subsection (1), of “, European or Limerick mayoral election” for “or European election”,
  • (ii) the deletion, in paragraph (e) of subsection (1), of “or”,
  • (iii) the substitution, in paragraph (f) of subsection (1), of “unit, or” for “unit,”,
  • (iv) the insertion, in subsection (1), of the following paragraph after paragraph (f):
  • “(g) the Mayor of Limerick,”,
  • (v) the substitution, in paragraph (a) of subsection (5), of “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick,” for “House of the Oireachtas,”, and
  • (vi) the substitution, in paragraph (b) of subsection (5), of “European or Limerick mayoral election” for “or European election”,
  • (j) in section 23AB, by—
  • (i) the substitution, in paragraph (c) of “, European or Limerick mayoral election” for “or European election”,
  • (ii) the deletion, in paragraph (e), of “or”,
  • (iii) the substitution, in paragraph (f), of “unit, or” for “unit,”, and
  • (iv) the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (f):
  • “(g) the Mayor of Limerick,”,
  • (k) in section 23B, by—
  • (i) the substitution, in subsection (1), of “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick,” for “House of the Oireachtas,”, and
  • (ii) the substitution, in subsection (3), of “House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick,” for “House of the Oireachtas,”,
  • (l) in section 23D, by the substitution, in paragraph (a) of subsection (2), of “(a) to (g)” for “(a) to (f)”,
  • (m) in section 24, by the substitution, in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), of “was a member of either House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick or a representative in the European Parliament shall furnish to the Standards in Public Office Commission a written statement, in the form directed by the said Commission, in respect of the preceding year indicating whether during that year the member, Mayor or representative” for “was a member of either House of the Oireachtas or a representative in the European Parliament shall furnish to the Standards in Public Office Commission a written statement, in the form directed by the said Commission, in respect of the preceding year indicating whether during that year the member or representative”,
  • (n) in section 24A, by—
  • (i) the substitution, in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), of “European, local election or Limerick mayoral election” for “European or local election”, and
  • (ii) the insertion, in paragraph (b) of that subsection, of the following new subparagraph:
  • “(iv) the Mayor of Limerick, or”,
  • (o) in section 25, by the substitution, in subsection (1), of “a member of either House of the Oireachtas, the Mayor of Limerick, a representative in the European Parliament” for “a member of either House of the Oireachtas, a representative in the European Parliament”,
  • (p) in section 26, by—
  • (i) the substitution, in subsection (1), of “, 46 or 93” for “or 46”, and
  • (ii) the substitution, in paragraph (c) of subsection (2), of “subparagraph (vi) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 22 or subparagraph (vi) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 46 or subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (b) of the definition of donation in subsection (1) of section 93” for “subsection (2)(a)(vi) of section 22 or subsection (2)(a)(vi) of section 46”,
  • (q) in section 73, by—
  • (i) the substitution, in paragraph (b), of—
  • (I) “section 23 and 94” for “section 23”, and
  • (II) “24, 48 and 95” for “24 or 48”,
  • (ii) the substitution, in paragraph (c), of “36, 56 and 106” for “36 or 56”,
  • (r) in section 83, by the insertion of the following definition:

“ ‘political party’ means a political party registered in the Register of Political Parties in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part 2 of the Electoral Reform Act 2022 as a party organised to contest an election for membership of Dáil Éireann or an election for membership of the European Parliament or both such elections;”,

and

  • (s) the insertion of the following Part after Part IX:

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