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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

MOTION NO. 7

MOTION: Councillor B. Bonner

"This committee welcomes the selection of the Clondalkin Electoral Area as the target area for the the 300k, have your say initiative and askes for an outline of how this initiative will operate." 

REPORT:

The Clondalkin Electoral Area was selected for the €300K Have Your Say initiative in 2018 at the Council Budget meeting in November 2017.  The Lucan €300K Have your Say initiative was very successful with significant engagement from the public and local communities, and has resulted in the delivery over 2017/18 of eight projects that were voted on by the local community. A Steering Group was established that met on four occasions throughout the process from January to September 2017, and the Lucan Area Committee were kept informed by two reports in February and April and the full Council received full reports in February, April, June and September. 

The Steering Group has responsibility for the oversight of the process and membership consists of the Mayor and six elected members, selected on a cross-party, independent basis, and is supported by SDCC staff. The elected members on the Steering Group are the Mayor Paul Gogarty, Cllr Mark Ward, Cllr Dermot Looney, Cllr Ed. O’Brien, Cllr Vicki Casserly, Cllr Brian Leech, Cllr Martina Genockey. It was agreed that the Clondalkin local area should have two councillors on the Steering Group for the 2018 initiative and so the Clondalkin Area Committee are invited to nominate an additional member onto the committee.

A meeting of the Steering Group will be convened in January to progress the initiative and agree the timeline. A report will be presented to the February Clondalkin Area Committee outlining the timeline and key events.