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Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2017
- Sponsor
- Eugene Murphy · Fianna Fáil
- Introduced
- 6 Apr 2017
- Last updated
- 13 Feb 2020
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Local Government Act 1991 to require voter approval before changing a community's county status.
- Gives electorate explicit consent power over county boundary or administrative status changes affecting their area.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage; did not progress through parliament.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 32nd Dáil6 Apr 2017
Debates
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