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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 10, 2014

QUESTION NO.4

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

To ask the Chief Executive to explain why there are significant delays in responding to Councillor representations via the Members' Reps system; to state the expected time by which Councillors are entitled to a full response to the queries they raise on behalf of the public; to state if delays will be explained to Councillors; and to make a statement on the matter.

REPLY:

  

The number of Councillor Representations currently open and overdue on the Membersnet @ 31st October 2014 is detailed below:

Department  No. of Queries Outstanding   No. of Queries Answered
Architectural Services 4 23
Corporate Performance & Change Management 3 68
Economic, Enterprise & Tourism Development 3 143
Environment, Water & Climate Change 154 2456
Finance 0 32
Housing, Social & Community Development 75 1620
Information & Communications Technologies 0 18
Land Use Planning & Transportation 14 1798
Total Queries 253 6158

  

The timeframe for replying to members representations is currently 10 working days. There has been a considerable increase in the number of member’s representations for 2014 in comparison to 2013. In 2013 there were 5157 representations for the entire year. At the 31st October 2014 the current figure is 6411, this represents on average increase of 210 additional queries per month.

In view of this increase and the delay in reply to member’s queries, the Corporate Performance and Change Management will carry out an organisational review of the current member’s representation system.