COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, October 14, 2019
QUESTION NO. 27
QUESTION: Councillor Eoin O'Broin
Is SDCC twinned with any other municipalities in other countries? Has it been in the past? Related to this does SDCC senior management attend annually any international fora where ideas are exchanged?
REPLY:
South Dublin County Council has two formal twinning agreements in place, one with the London Borough of Brent agreed in 2008 and one with Kreis Segeberg in Germany in 1997, however neither have had any activity for a significant period, as detailed below.
There has been no contact between South Dublin County Council and Brent since the inital delegation visit from Brent in 2008. The Kreis Segebery twinning had four exchange activites between 2000 and 2006 - a visit by the Killanarden Youth Choir to Kreis Segeberg in 2000, a visit by Deansrath Community College to Kries Segeberg in 2004, and a visit by Lucan Community College to Kries Segebary in 2006. There was a return visit by the President of Kreis Segeberg, Mr. Winfried Zylka and his wife to South Dublin in July 2006.
Funding of €20,000 for Town Twinning was included in the Estimates by the Chief Executive in the Draft Annual Budget for 2019. The full amount was subsequently reallocated to provide additional funding for Social Inclusion (D0603) when the Draft Annual Budget was considered by Members at the Budget Meeting held on Thursday November 15th 2018.
There are no international fora that are attended by senior management annually.