COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, May 14, 2018
HEADED ITEM NO.12c)
HEADED ITEM: C. Performance and Change Management Directorate
300K - HAVE YOUR SAY CLONDALKIN - AGREE PROJECTS
REPLY:
The consultation phase of the €300k Have Your Say - Clondalkin initiative is now complete and a shortlist of projects has been prepared for your approval today.
Following the launch event of €300k Have Your Say in The Round Tower - Clondalkin on March 8th, 2018, a number of workshops were held throughout the Clondalkin Electoral Area. These took place in Neilstown Community Centre, the Green Isle Hotel, Peamount Football Club and Rathcoole Community Centre from March 13th to the 22nd and were attended by approximately 120 people.
The communications around the initiative during this period focused first on promoting the workshops and then on obtaining idea submissions from the public through the €300k Have Your Say website. This was done through social media, local press and over 18,000 direct mailouts to households and local businesses in the area. Social media promotion included paid advertising through Facebook and Instagram that targeted people living in the Clondalkin Electoral Area over the age of 13 (the minimum age allowed on those platforms). Approximately 28,000 people were cumulatively reached across three separate paid adverts. This was in addition to standard social media posts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn reaching a total of approximately 84,000 people.
Over 150 community groups, schools, places of worship, sports clubs and groups representing minorities, were also directly contacted around the process by the Council's Communications Unit. Posters and flyers were also made available to the public through the Clondalkin library, the Council's mobile libraries and Civic Office. The Council would also like to thank the elected members for their support in promoting the initiative through their own channels.
The deadline for submissions passed on April 9th with the Council receiving 230 entries, an increase of 70 on the 2017 version of Have Your Say. A series of meetings were then carried out, first between Senior Management and then with the Steering Group, and they have considered all of the submissions before putting forward. These are presented as a recommended shortlist for approval today before the voting stage commences. It was necessary to exclude quite a number of submissions based on the agreed criteria.
Voting is scheduled to open following acceptance of the shortlisted projects by the Council’s elected members and close just before midnight on Sunday May 27th. Voting will be carried out online through the Have Your Say website and in venues on specific dates and times throughout the Clondalkin Electoral Area.
Those are:
Clondalkin Civic Offices – Monday, 21/05 – 9.00am to 5.00pm
Clondalkin Library – Monday, 21/05 – 4.00pm to 7.00pm
Rathcoole Community Centre – Monday, 21/05 – 4.00pm to 7.00pm
Newcastle Community Centre – Monday, 21/05 – 4.00pm to 7.00pm
Neilstown Community Centre – Monday, 21/05 – 4.00pm to 7.00pm