COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor C. Jones

To ask the manager if he has communicated with all of the registered community groups in the Palmerstown and Lucan areas regarding the Social Credit Scheme?

REPLY:

The Social Credits System rewards Community groups, Youth groups, Resident associations and Schools who improve their environment by cleaning up, planting and maintaining areas and encourages them to continue taking positive sustainable actions within their community. The programme aspires to motivate, assist and reward groups, who may not be involved in the enhancement of local area, to get involved and to take ownership of the County. This is a 12 month pilot programme.

Information on the Social Credit System have been circulated to all community groups in the County. Information and application forms are available online and hard copies are in local Libraries and Community Centres. To date the Council has received 39 enquiries from Community Groups, Resident associations and schools. The suggested actions range from arranging community clean-ups to the establishment of community gardens.

Applications are assessed under the following categories:

v      Practicality of action to enhance the community (30% of total mark)

v      Feasibility of project targets/actions (20% of total mark)

v      Community involvement and participation (20% of total mark)

v      Structure and layout of proposal (20% of total mark)

v      Additional information supplied (10% of total mark)

Assessments are carried out by a cross departmental Sub-Committee.