COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

HEADED ITEM NO. 3 (b)

HEADED ITEM: C. Performance and Change Management Directorate

STANDING COMMITTEES ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE & FINANCE

a) Draft Calendar of Meetings Dates

b) Report on Conferences/Seminars

c) Filling of Vacancy on the Audit Committee Following the Resignation of Councillor F. Duffy

d) Proposed Special Inter Local Authority Committee on Fire/Ambulance Services and Emergency Management

e) Establishment of Infrastructure Naming Committee

REPLY:

 

Section 142 (5) of Local Government Act 2001 provides for the authorization of Members’ attendance at conferences both home and abroad. 

Listed below are conferences which have been notified to South Dublin County Council and whose appropriateness has been vetted by the members’ working group in accordance with Circ. Letter 02/10.

            Conferences & Training Notified

      

Planning for Growth

Irish Planning Institute

Red Cow Moran Hotel Dublin 

28/1/2020

 

            Conferences & Training Attended Since November

AILG Module 5

AILG

Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone

21/11/2019

Cllr. Brian Lawlor

Cllr. David McManus

Cllr. Guss O'Connell

Cllr. Kenneth Egan

Cllr. Baby Pereppadan

First-Time Home Buyer Incentives

Celtic Conferences

Four Seasons Hotel - Co. Louth

13/12/2019 – 15/12/2019

Cllr. David McManus

 

As authorisation under this section is a reserved function Members are required to pass the following resolution:

“In accordance with Section 142 (5) of the Local Government Act, 2001 attendance by Members at the Conferences / Seminars outlined in the report is hereby authorized.”