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Corrigendum:2nd and 3rd paragraphs
Ref. CG013(2023)
Council of Europe Congress assesses the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Ireland
The Congress delegation will have exchanges of views with the Minister of State for Local Government and Planning, Kieran O’Donnell, the Speaker of Parliament, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Caroline Conroy, the Chairman of the National Audit and Scrutiny Committee, Michael McCarthy as well as with the President of the AILG and nominating body to CLRAE, Pat Fitzpatrick. A meeting is also scheduled with the Ombudsman and Information Commissioner for Ireland.
In addition, the rapporteurs will meet with the members and the Head of the Irish delegation to the Congress, Jimmy Moloney, as well as the Leader of Meath County Council and the Irish associations of local and regional authorities.
Ireland ratified the European Charter of Local Self-Government in 2002. Countries that have ratified the Charter are bound by its provisions. The Charter requires the implementation of a minimum set of rights which form the essential basis of local self-government in Europe. The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe ensures that these principles are respected in the 46 Council of Europe member states.
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Institutional Communication Unit
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities is an institution of the Council of Europe, responsible for strengthening local and regional democracy in its 46 member states. Composed of two chambers – the Chamber of Local Authorities and the Chamber of Regions – and three committees, it brings together 612 elected officials representing more than 130 000 local and regional authorities.
President of the Congress: Leendert Verbeek (Netherlands, SOC/G/PD), President of the Chamber of Local Authorities: Bernd Vöhringer (Germany, EPP/CCE), President of the Chamber of Regions: Harald Sonderegger (Austria, EPP/CCE).
Political groups: Group of Socialists, Greens and Progressive Democrats (SOC/G/PD), Group of the European Peoples Party (EPP/CCE), Independent Liberal and Democratic Group (ILDG), European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR).
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