Laois County Council · October Meeting of Laois County Council · 21 October 2024
A vote on a motion calling on the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to make regulations requiring all local authorities to live-stream and archive statutory council meetings, with funding from central government.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
“That Laois County Council call on the Minister for Housing, Local Government & Heritage, Mr. Darragh O Brien, T.D., to make regulations in the public interest, to mandate that all Local authorities, commence Live Streaming and Archiving of Statutory Council meetings, to provide appropriate funding from Central Government and to implement as soon as possible”
Proposed by Councillor Aisling Moran; seconded by Councillor Marie Tuohy.
The minutes record: 7 votes in favour of Councillor Aisling Moran’s Notice of Motion 12 votes against Having regard to the requirements of Standing Order No. 17, the meeting was advised that the motion was defeated.
| Party | Tá | Níl | Staon | Didn't vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fine Gael | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 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.