Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024
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Limerick Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board Transport Sub-Group | ||
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34. (1) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (9) of section 33 , the delivery board shall, within 3 months of its establishment, establish a subcommittee which shall be known as the Limerick Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board Transport Sub-Group (in this section referred to as the “transport sub-group”) to perform the functions conferred on it by this section. | ||
(2) Each of the following shall be, ex officio, a member of the transport sub-group: | ||
(a) the Mayor, who shall be the chairperson of the transport sub-group; | ||
(b) the director general; | ||
(c) the chief executive of Clare County Council; | ||
(d) the director of the Southern Regional Assembly. | ||
(3) The Mayor may appoint such additional persons to be members of the transport sub group nominated at the invitation of the Mayor by public bodies performing functions or carrying out activities relating to the provision of transport infrastructure and services in Limerick. | ||
(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 transport policy to be a member of the transport sub-group. | ||
(5) The functions of the transport sub-group shall be— | ||
(a) to collaborate with public bodies referred to in subsection (3) to support, having regard to the respective statutory functions of the members of the transport sub group (or, in the case of members nominated under subsection (3), the statutory functions of the public bodies that nominated them), the implementation of the National Planning Framework, the National Development Plan, the Limerick City and County Development Plan and the Limerick-Shannon metropolitan area strategic plan in relation to the provision of transport infrastructure and services in Limerick, | ||
(b) 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 | ||
(c) to prepare such reports as it considers necessary in relation to its functions under paragraph (a). | ||
(6) The Mayor shall send a copy of any report prepared under subsection (5) to the Minister for Transport, as soon as practicable after the report is prepared. | ||
(7) Subject to subsection (8), the transport sub-group shall hold such and so many meetings as may be necessary for the due fulfilment of its functions. | ||
(8) The transport sub-group shall, in each year, hold not less than one meeting with the Minister for Transport. | ||
(9) Subsections (12) to (15) of section 33 shall apply to the transport sub-group as those subsections apply to a subcommittee established under subsection (9) of section 33 . |