COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

QUESTION NO. 17

QUESTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

"To ask the Chief Execuitve to confirm the number of groups/organisations in Lucan and Palmerstown that have signed up to the PPN network?"

REPLY:

The South Dublin County Public Participation Network (PPN) was established in October 2014 using guidelines provided by the Department of the Environment Community and Local Government.  There are approximately 300 groups currrently registered with the PPN and of these 10 are located in  Palmerstown and 18 in Lucan.

The PPN is open to all community, voluntary, social inclusion and environmental groups operating within the County.  Registration forms are available online at www.sdcppn.ie or by phone at 0861701141.

 In order to ensure that the PPN is independent of the Local Authority it was agreed that a host organisation would be selected to host the PPN through an open competition.  South Dublin Countyu Volunteer CEntre was selected as the host organisation in July 2015.  A PPN Coordinator, Jamie Moore, was employed in September 2015 and is currently based in the Tallaght office of the Volunteer Centre in Council Hall.  He can be contacted directly at jamie@sdcppn.ie