COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 22, 2014

QUESTION NO. 19

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

To ask the Chief Executive when the new SPC's will be in place and operational, and to make a statement on the envisaged role of each SPC in the work of this Council into the future?

REPLY:

The Draft Scheme for the Strategic Policy Committees is on the agenda  for adoption at the September 2014 County Council meeting.

The SPC guidelines recommend that each of the SPCs will have two thirds of its membership drawn from the elected representatives of the Council and that one third of the membership will be drawn from external sectoral groupings. The bodies identified are to nominate people to represent their sectors.

The National Pillars  (The Irish Farmers Association , Chambers Ireland, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Environment) will facilitate the nomination process for their respective sectors to our committees.  

A programme of work for the SPCs will be drafted and will be brought before the Corporate Policy Group for approval. It is envisaged that the first meetings of the new SPCs will he held in November.