Local Government Act, 1998
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Payments out of the Fund generally. |
6.—(1) Whenever and so often as the Minister considers that it is appropriate that such a payment be made in respect of expenses incurred or to be incurred by one or more local authorities in performing its or their functions generally, the Minister may pay out of the Fund to that local authority or those local authorities such an amount of moneys as he or she determines for the purposes of defraying, in whole or in part, the expenses incurred or to be incurred by it or them in performing those functions. | |
(2) The Minister may as respects an amount of moneys paid by him or her out of the Fund under subsection (1) require the local authority or local authorities concerned to apply the amount or a part thereof in a specified manner in respect of the performance by that local authority or those local authorities of its or their functions in relation to— | ||
(a) public roads, other than national roads within the meaning of the Roads Act, 1993 , | ||
(b) the carrying out of works under the Local Government (Roads and Drainage) Act, 1968 , or | ||
(c) such other matters as the Minister may, from time to time, determine in writing, | ||
and the local authority or local authorities shall comply with such a requirement. | ||
(3) The Minister shall cause to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas a copy of any determination under subsection (2)(c) as soon as may be after the determination is made. | ||
(4) The Minister may from time to time pay out of the Fund an amount of moneys equal to the expenses incurred by him or her in taking from time to time steps (which the Minister is hereby empowered to take)— | ||
(a) to promote or secure the making of improvements in the quality of services provided by local authorities, or | ||
(b) to encourage local authorities to perform their functions in a more economical, efficient and effective manner. | ||
(5) The Minister may from time to time pay out of the Fund such an amount of moneys as he or she determines for the purposes of defraying, in whole or in part, the expenses incurred by him or her, on or after the 1st day of January, 1998, in connection with the collection of motor vehicle tax, including in connection with the provision of information from records established and maintained under section 60 of the Finance Act, 1993 (as amended by section 86 of the Finance Act, 1994 ). | ||
(6) Any amount of moneys paid out of the Fund under subsection (4) or (5) shall be paid into, or disposed of for the benefit of, the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may determine. | ||
(7) The Minister may establish a committee to advise the Minister with respect to the performance by him or her of the functions under subsection (1) or (4) and a committee so established may advise the Minister accordingly. | ||
(8) Such a committee shall include such and so many officers or members of local authorities as the Minister shall determine for the purposes of this subsection, and may also include such other persons as the Minister determines for that purpose and whom he or she considers otherwise possess qualifications or experience that make them suitable for appointment as such members. |