Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024
Proposal for removal of Mayor from office | ||
56. (1) Subject to this Part, the members may, by resolution (in this Part referred to as a “removal resolution”) at a special meeting convened under section 58 , adopt a proposal that the Mayor be removed from office by removal order on either or both of the following grounds: | ||
(a) that the Mayor has engaged in stated misbehaviour; | ||
(b) that the Mayor has— | ||
(i) failed to a material extent, without reasonable cause, to perform his or her functions, and | ||
(ii) such failure is of an extent which is likely to materially impede the effective performance by Limerick City and County Council of its functions. | ||
(2) Notice in writing of the intention to propose a removal resolution (in this Part referred to as a “removal notice”) shall— | ||
(a) be signed by at least two-thirds of the total number of the members, | ||
(b) specify the ground or grounds, referred to in subsection (1), on which the resolution is proposed, | ||
(c) contain a statement of the reasons for the proposal, and | ||
(d) subject to subsection (4), without delay be delivered to the Príomh Chomhairleoir. | ||
(3) A copy of a removal notice shall, on the same day that it is delivered to the Príomh Chomhairleoir, be delivered to the Mayor. | ||
(4) A removal notice shall not be delivered to the Príomh Chomhairleoir— | ||
(a) earlier than 12 months after the election to office of the Mayor to which the notice relates, | ||
(b) earlier than 12 months after a vote of the members on a removal resolution that was not passed in relation to that Mayor, or | ||
(c) earlier than 12 months after a decision of the Minister under subsection (5) of section 63 . | ||
(5) Upon receipt of a removal notice, the Príomh Chomhairleoir shall, without delay— | ||
(a) inform the Minister that the removal notice has been received, and | ||
(b) deliver a copy of the removal notice to the director general, who shall furnish a copy thereof to each member. |