AQW 27168/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities what plans she has to extend the ability for district councils to hold remote council meetings throughout 2022.
Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 9 December 2021
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Priority
- Tabled
- 9 December 2021
- Answer due by
- 15 December 2021
- Answered
- 17 December 20218 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- Yes
Answer
The Local Government (Meetings and Performance) Act 2021 provides my Department with an enabling power to make subordinate legislation to provide councils with the flexibility to hold remote/hybrid meetings post-March 2022.
The Department plans to issue a Call for Evidence to gather information and views about the use of the current arrangements for councils to meet remotely