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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, January 13, 2020

MOTION NO. 3

MOTION: Councillor Eoin Ó Broin

The composition of the Land use Transportation & Planning SPC is:

Elected Members x 6
Development Construction x 1
Business Commercial x 1
PPN x 1(environmental pillar)

This council agrees that following this meeting a delegate from the Dublin Cycling Campaign (https://www.dublincycling.com/), is invited to be included as an additional ex officio non elected member of the SPC. This change in the composition of the Land use Transportation & Planning  SPC is to reflect the imperative that Dublin's leading advocates of improved cycling infrastructure are members of the county's leading planning forum. Although the other current members of the committee, both elected and non-elected, could advocate for cycling infrastructure, none would have the  hands on experience of Dublin Cycling Campaign that could both highlight the significant risks posed to cyclists today while also providing valuable contributions to discussions on future transport corridors. Dublin Cycling Campaign's input would also help formulate the policy changes needed to achieve the significant modal shift towards cycling implicit in the county's climate, health, road safety, air quality and congestion reducing goals and help reduce cycling related casualties

REPORT:

The SPC guidelines, which include composition of the committees and selection of sectoral representatives, are developed by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. The structure for participation of external members on the SPCs, outside of the sectoral organisations, is through the Public Participation Network. The environmental pillar of the PPN is the relevant representative structure for considering a nomination of the  body suggested in motion and the process for agreeing the nominations is the entirely the PPN's responsibility. The nomination of an ex officio member to an SPC outside of this nominating process is not provided for and therefore this motion as it is proposed cannot be implemented. An SPC may however establish sub-groups to broaden the expertise available to them in giving due consideration to specific issues. This would be a matter for hte SPC to determine. The SPC Scheme for the period 2019 - 2024 was adopted by the Council at its meeting in October 2019 setting out the membership of each SPC agreed by Council and lasts for the duration of hte current Council until 2024.