COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, January 11, 2010

QUESTION NO.7

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

To ask the Manager to provide an update on plans to webcast and video-archive meetings of the County Council online, and if he will advise the members of the free and low-cost options available in light of large sums expended by other local authorities on similar services?

REPLY:

The Council has for some time been considering its options in relation to webcasting and video-archiving meetings of the County Council.  The last report on this possible service was presented to the council in September 2009, when at that time it was reported  that it was proposed to pilot webcasting of a live library event.  This event was webcast in realtime on the Internet on 1^st October, 2009, during South Dublin Innovates, South Dublin Libraries, in association with Poetry Ireland, and was later made available as a video on the Internet http://www.southdublininnovates.ie/videos-and-podcasts/videos .

As also advised any formal decision to introduce webcasting of Council meetings or changes in meeting administration procedure could only be made following full debate and approval of the council at a future OP&F meeting.  It is now intended to present a full report on this item to the Council at the January 2010 OP&F meeting.