Almost 1,000 councillors across the country set for substantial pay rise
New pay recommended to Government by an independent commission
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County councillors are set to get a substantial pay rise following confirmation that the Cabinet is set to approve an €8,000-a-year pay increase for the country’s 947 local politicians.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin and his ministerial colleagues at the Cabinet table sign off on the rise which was included in the Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Green Party programme for Government.
It s the biggest change affecting local councillors since hundreds of public representatives were cut by the previous Government under a public spending austerity drive.
Almost 1,000 county councillors across the country set for substantial pay rise
New pay recommended to Government by an independent commission
Reporter:
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County councillors are set to get a substantial pay rise following confirmation that the Cabinet is set to approve an €8,000-a-year pay increase for the country’s 947 local politicians.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin and his ministerial colleagues at the Cabinet table sign off on the rise which was included in the Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Green Party programme for Government.
It s the biggest change affecting local councillors since hundreds of public representatives were cut by the previous Government under a public spending austerity drive.
Councillors seek to protect their role against Land Development Agency Representatives from the Association of Irish Local Government to make presentation to the Oireachtas Housing Committee
Tue, May 11, 2021, 01:00
The AILG presentation will say “for more than a century local authorities have successfully been the providers of social housing for the Irish population” .Photograph: Getty Images
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The organisation representing city and county councillors will today (Tuesday) register its objections to the Government’s Land Development Agency, and seek amendments to the legislation establishing the body.
Galway Bay FM
2 May 2021
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Galway Bay FM Newsroom – The Association of Irish Local Government has made a strong submission to the review of higher education government bodies insisting that Councillors should remain an integral part of the third level forums.
Tuam Fianna Fail Councillor Mary Hoade, who is president of the Association, said councillors represent the public interest on university Governing bodies and are best placed to link the colleges with the needs of the regions in which they are located.
Currently there are eight Councillors on the Governing Body of UCD, seven each on UCC and UCG, two on UL and one on DCU.
County councillors in Dublin have expressed concerns that the Governmentâs Land Development Agency (LDA) Bill will âundermine local democracyâ.
At a specially-convened meeting of South Dublin County Council on Monday, members agreed to call on the Government to halt the progress of the LDA Bill, which is currently making its way through the Dáil.
Separately, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council unanimously resolved to rally other local authorities in a campaign of opposition to sections of the Bill.
The LDA is a key part of the Governmentâs plan to use State lands to fast-track the development of social and affordable homes.