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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

QUESTION NO.4

QUESTION: Councillor S. O'Hara

"To ask the Chief Executive to set out, in a step by step form, the procedure which must be followed by the residents of Saggart to rectify the road names in Saggart village by way of a plebiscite, and any relevant paperwork which must be completed in order to have a plebiscite?"

REPLY:

The statutory procedure to change the official name of a street, place or locality is set out in the Local Government Act, 1946, the Local Government (Changing of Placenames) Regulations 1956, as amended by S. 67 LG Act 1994. Changes to the name can only be done by way of conducting a plebiscite of the qualified electors in the area and the consent of the majority of qualified electors is required for any change to be made by resolution of the Council.

In accordance with S. 67 of the Local Government Act 1994 "Qualified Electors" means:

- every person who in relation to the urban district, town, townland, non-municipal town, street or locality,  as the case may be is registered as a local government elector in the register of local government electors for the time being in force, or

- not being so registered is the rated occupier of a hereditament other than a hereditament the valuation of which attracts an allowance equal to full abatement of rates pursuant to section 3 of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act, 1978 .

The procedure to conduct a plebiscite is initiated following agreement on foot of a Motion at the area committee, once approved by the Council.

A map of the proposed plebiscite area must be drawn up based on the estates/premises as outlined in the motion.

The Draft List of Qualified Electors must be advertised and put on display for a period of three weeks. The Councillors will be consulted as to the most appropriate time to do this.