Second Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Lapsed The bill’s status — click for what it means 25th Seanad The House currently handling the bill 41/2018 Official bill number / year
Local Government Accountability Bill 2018
- Sponsor
- Gerard P. Craughwell · Independent
- Introduced
- 2 May 2018
- Last updated
- 20 Apr 2020
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Minister can publish guidelines requiring local authority staff to respond fully to councillor queries within 14 days, with acknowledgement within 7 working days.
- Creates binding obligation on local authority staff to reply to councillor representations made on behalf of constituents or community groups.
- Minister can publish quarterly league tables comparing local authority response times to encourage consistency and competition across councils.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- Second Stage 25th Seanad1 May 2018
- First Stage 25th Seanad2 May 2018
Debates
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