‘Shadow-councillors’ pay queried

EAST Londonderry MP Gregory Campbell has quizzed the Environment Minister, whose Department will oversee the formation of Northern Ireland’s ‘super-councils’, on the pay rates for people elected in forthcoming ‘shadow council’ elections.
By The Newsroom
Published 13th Apr 2013, 07:02 BST

As Northern Ireland’s 26 district councils are merged to form 11 new super-councils, with Limavady combining with Coleraine, Ballymoney and Moyle to form a ‘Causeway Coast and Glens’ council, elections for temporary shadow councils to run alongside the new super-councils will be held in 2014.

DUP MP Gregory Campbell has asked Environment Minister Alex Attwood “what the remuneration levels will be for people elected in the shadow council elections in 2014.”

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Mr Attwood replied: “I am in the process of establishing a panel, using the public appointments procedure, to conduct a review of councillors’ remuneration and to advise me on the system and level of allowances appropriate for the new councils.

“I will be asking the panel to make recommendations that will fairly reflect the roles and responsibilities that councillors will be taking on in the new councils, post re-organisation. The panel will also consider the allowances that should be paid during the shadow period following the local government elections in 2014.

“The recruitment panel is currently interviewing for the panel and chairperson posts. The panel, which will be given six months to submit its final recommendations, will comprise a chairperson and four members who are expected to take up post on May 1, 2013.”

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