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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, April 10, 2017

QUESTION NO.8

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the work of the Sports Development Officers employed/funded by SDCC and National Governing Bodies, and to make a statement on the matter. 

REPLY:

South Dublin County Council co-funds and provides support and direction to our team of 'Sport in the Community' Development Officers across the sporting disciplines of Soccer, Rugby, Cricket & GAA.  We are currently engaged with 4 x FAI officers, 2 x Leinster Rugby officers, 2 x Cricket Ireland officers and 1 x Dublin GAA officer.

These development officers promote their respective sports across the county providing and facilitating a varied range of programmes to include training, education, integration, women in sport, and disability sport in conjunction with the Sports Office.  These officers deliver coaching and training to both, primary and secondary schools, community groups, and sports clubs right across the county.   They assist new and existing clubs to further develop their club structures and promote the ethos of fair play, sports inclusion among their various disciplines. 

The development officers do not substitute the school’s PE programme, instead they provide teachers and students with an opportunity to learn and up skills in their relevant sports while promoting schools club links throughout the county.

The Development Officers work using the following themes across all codes:

Disability

• Football For All Programmes
• Terenure Tigers
• Table Cricket

Community

• Drop In’s
• School Blitz
• Give it a try – Taster session
• Fundamental Movements
• School Holiday Camps

 Schools/College Programme

• Primary & Secondary School Sports Development Programmes & Competitions
• 3^rd Level development
• Delivery & support of the sports training programme Sportivate South Dublin in partnership with the DDETB

Social Inclusion

• Walking Football
• Girls in Sport Programmes
• Late Night Leagues 
• After School Programmes
• Show Racism the red card
• Drug Rehabilitation Interventions
• Training Centre Programmes supporting people with a learning disability

Club / Player Development

• Coach Education
• Nursery development
• Emerging Talent / High Performance Programme
• Club Development Workshops (quarterly)
• International Programmes

The Sports office and the Local Sports Partnership continue to promote sport and recreation throughout the county and constantly re-evaluate the programmes delivered to ensure best use of the resources available.