Directly Elected Mayor for Limerick to be given significant powers
Government aims to legislate to enable first election for directly mayor to take place before end of this year. First mayoral term will last until 2029.
Minister Burke publishes Implementation Advisory Group report.
The Government has today approved the drafting of legislation for the new role of a directly elected mayor for Limerick City and County with executive functions (responsibilities). The Minister of State for Local Government and Planning, Peter Burke, today confirmed that the legislation required to enable the first election for a directly elected mayor will be advanced as quickly as possible, with the aim of an election taking place before the end of 2021. As the role is due to come into existence in the middle of the local government electoral cycle the first mayoral term will run until the local elections of 2029.