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Limerick Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board
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33. (1) On the commencement of this section there shall stand established a committee to be known as the Limerick Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board (in this Part referred to as the “delivery board”) to perform the functions conferred on it by or under this Act.
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(2) Each of the following shall be, ex officio, a member of the delivery board:
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(a) the Mayor, who shall be the chairperson of the delivery board;
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(b) the director general;
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(c) the chief executive of Clare County Council;
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(d) the director of the Southern Regional Assembly.
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(3) The Mayor may, if he or she considers it appropriate, appoint such additional persons to be members of the delivery board as may be nominated for that purpose at the invitation of the Mayor by a public body performing functions in relation to the spatial planning and sustainable development of Limerick.
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(4) The Mayor shall, after consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency, appoint a person who has knowledge of, or expertise in, matters relating to climate and at least one of the areas referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (x) of section 9(4)(a) of the Act of 2015 to be a member of the delivery board.
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(5) The functions of the delivery board shall be—
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(a) to support, having regard to the respective statutory functions of the members of the delivery board (or, in the case of members nominated under subsection (3), the statutory functions of the public bodies that nominated them), the implementation in Limerick of the objectives of the National Planning Framework, the National Development Plan, the Limerick City and County Development Plan and the Limerick-Shannon metropolitan area strategic plan and to collaborate with public bodies referred to in subsection (3) for that purpose, including such bodies involved in—
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(i) the provision of infrastructure (including infrastructure relating to climate change mitigation, water services and transport), large-scale housing and amenities,
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(ii) the arrangement, co-ordination and provision of social and economic regeneration measures including the development and improvement of land and infrastructure,
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(iii) rural, social and cultural development, or
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(iv) the promotion of employment, enterprise and tourism,
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(b) to co-ordinate and monitor the implementation of the Limerick City and County Development Plan and the Limerick-Shannon metropolitan area strategic plan and to prepare such reports as it considers necessary in relation to the implementation of those plans,
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(c) to support the implementation, in accordance with guidelines issued under section 14B(8) of the Act of 2015, of any local authority climate action plan (within the meaning of that section) prepared by Limerick City and County Council, and
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(d) to co-ordinate initiatives, supports and funding in Limerick giving effect to Government policy concerning support of rural areas and regeneration of rural towns.
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(6) The Mayor shall send a copy of any report prepared by the delivery board to the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.
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(7) Subject to subsection (8), the delivery board shall hold such and so many meetings as may be necessary for the due fulfilment of its functions.
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(8) The delivery board shall, in each year, hold not less than one meeting with the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.
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(9) The delivery board may establish such subcommittees as it considers appropriate to examine such matters as the delivery board may direct and to report to the delivery board in relation to those matters.
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(10) Where the Mayor is a member of a subcommittee established under subsection (9), he or she shall be the chairperson of the subcommittee or shall nominate a member of the delivery board to be the chairperson.
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(11) A subcommittee established under subsection (9) shall consist of—
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(a) at least one member of the delivery board, and
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(b) such other persons as the Mayor may determine.
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(12) The Mayor may at any time dissolve a subcommittee established under subsection (9).
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(13) The delivery board or any subcommittee established under subsection (9) may act notwithstanding a vacancy or more than one vacancy among its members.
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(14) A member of the delivery board or a subcommittee established under subsection (9) may be removed from the delivery board or subcommittee, as the case may be, at any time by the Mayor.
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(15) Subject to this section, the delivery board may regulate its procedure or the procedure of a subcommittee established under subsection (9).
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