Laois County Council · September Meeting of Laois County Council · 30 September 2024
A vote on Councillor Aisling Moran's motion that the council live-stream and archive all its public meetings as soon as possible.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
“That Laois County Council, in the interest of transparency and accountability facilitate the implementation of live streaming of all public meetings and archiving of same. This will encourage more public engagement and facilitate education of what happens in Local Government. This needs to be done as soon as possible. I first brought forward this motion in June 2021 and every year since. The last Council agreed that it would be considered by the new Council in 2024.
Proposed by Councillor Aisling Moran; seconded by Councillor James Kelly.
The minutes record: The result of the Roll Call Vote was as follows:- 5 votes in favour of Councillor Aisling Moran’s Notice of Motion 9 votes against 5 members absent
| Party | Tá | Níl | Staon | Didn't vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Fine Gael | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Labour Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
None
Tá, Níl and Staon are the minutes’ for, against and abstained. “Didn’t vote” covers councillors on the council that day whom the minutes don’t list under any option, for any reason. Parties are as of the meeting day.