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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 08, 2019

HEADED ITEM NO. 10

HEADED ITEM: C. Performance and Change Management Directorate

PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING €300K HAVE YOUR SAY - SELECTION OF LOCAL ELECTORAL AREA AND STEERING GROUP MEMBERSHIP

 

REPORT:

‘€300K Have Your Say’ is a participatory budgeting initiative which was run by South Dublin County Council in the Lucan local electoral area in 2017 and in the Clondalkin local electoral area in 2018. The initiative encourages local residents to develop project proposals for their local area and a public vote is then held on the shortlisted proposals. The winning projects to the value of €300,000 from the Council budget are then delivered in the following budgetary cycle by the Council. 

The selection of the next local electoral area is now before the Council. The following local electoral areas will be included in the selection process at the July Council meeting. Selection is by way of the Mayor selecting an area from a hat.

• Tallaght Central
• Tallaght South
• Rathfarnham Templeogue
• Firhouse Bohernabreena

The Council are also asked to approved the membership of the Steering Group as follows: Mayor, Cllr V Casserly; Cllr E Murphy; Cllr P Kearns; Cllr G O'Connell; Cllr M Seery-Kearny; Cllr W Carey; Cllr M Duff; Cllr D Richardson.