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Only the name of the municipality is given, not that of any suburban areas (e.g. Tallaght is not named separately from Dublin). [2] Council Type of municipal council The Local Government Act 2001 defines three types of municipal council, namely "City", "Borough", and "Town". The "Town council" label replaced the earlier "Urban district council ...
The functions of local government in the Republic of Ireland are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County Councils. [1] [2] [3] The principal decision-making body in each of the thirty-one local authorities is composed of the members of the council, elected by universal franchise in local elections every five years from multi-seat local ...
In the Ministry of Dáil Éireann in the Irish Republic (1919–22), a Ministry of Local Government was established on 2 April 1919. [4] In the Irish Free State, there was a Minister for Local Government as part of the first Executive Council of the Irish Free State established in 1922.
The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 reformed local government throughout the country, with first-tier division between administrative counties and county boroughs, and a second-tier division of administrative counties into urban areas and rural areas. The poor law electoral divisions within counties were renamed as district electoral divisions.
As a city and county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenities, arts and culture, and environment. The council has 32 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote.
The local government areas in Ireland are cities, counties, or cities and counties. Subcategories This category has the following 33 subcategories, out of 33 total.
The Department for Communities (DfC, Irish: An Roinn Pobal; Ulster Scots: Depairtment fur Commonities [4]) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The minister with overall responsibility for the department is the Minister for Communities.
List of cities, boroughs and towns in the Republic of Ireland; Local Appointments Commission; Local electoral area; Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930; Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993; Local Government Act 1925; Local Government Act 2001; Local Government Act 2019; Local government in Dublin; Local Government Reform Act 2014; Lord Mayor of Cork