Local Government Reform Act 2014
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PART 13 Local Government Fund and Irish Water | ||
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Amendment of section 6 of Local Government Act 1998 | ||
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79. Section 6 of the Local Government Act 1998 is amended— | ||
(a) in subsection (2C) (inserted by section 7 of the Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Act 2013 ) by substituting the following for paragraph (a): | ||
“(a) Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) the Minister may, on or before 31 December 2014, pursuant to a request from the Minister for Finance, make one, or more than one, payment from the Fund in the amount requested by the Minister for Finance.”, | ||
(b) in subsection (2C) (as so inserted) by substituting the following for paragraph (c): | ||
“(c) The total amount of all payments made under paragraph (a) shall not exceed €600 million.”, | ||
(c) by inserting the following after subsection (2C): | ||
“(2CA) The Minister may make payments out of the Fund to Irish Water in respect of water services functions transferred from local authorities to Irish Water.”, | ||
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(d) by substituting the following for subsection (3): | ||
“(3) The Minister shall cause to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas a copy of the determination under subsection (2) as soon as may be after the determination is made.”. |