COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
HEADED ITEM NO. 3 (c)
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) Proposed Special Inter Local Authority Committee on Fire/Ambulance Services and Emergency Management
d) Establishment of Infrastructure Naming Committee
REPLY:
The following report went to the September Organisation, Procedure & Finance Committee Meeting 23rd January 2020
In May 2016 a Special Committee on Fire/Ambulance Services and Emergency Management was established. The work of this Committee ceased on the expiry of the previous Council and the Local Elections in May 2019.
Dublin City Council proposed that a Special Committee on Fire/Ambulance Services and Emergency Management be re-established at their December 2019 Council meeting.
The special Committee on Fire/Ambulance Services and Emergency Management will concentrate on the following strategic matters:
- Assisting the four Dublin local authorities in the formulation, development and review of policy on Emergency Services and Emergency Management.
- Taking a strategic overview of the relevant policy areas in the wider context of the Dublin region.
- The preparation of the Fire and Emergency Operations Plan under Section 26 of the Fire Services Act, 1981.
- The achievement of greater integration and co-ordination between the Dublin Fire Brigade Services and the National Ambulance Services.
- Considering the recommendations from the Health Information and Quality Agency (HIQA) reports in December 2014 and March 2017.
- Consider the progress of various proposed reform programmes in this area.South Dublin County Council are now seeking 4 South Dublin Councillor nominees in total for the Fire/Ambulance Services and Emergency Management Committee.
- The Inter Local Authority Committee on Fire/Ambulance Services and Emergency Management will consist of 10 Councillor Members from of Dublin City, 4 Councillor Members from South Dublin County and Fingal County Council and 3 Councillor Members from Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Councils. Membership reflects the respective local authority shares of the total Dublin Fire Brigade annual budget.
It was proposed by Councillor V. Casserly and seconded by Councillor R. McMahon and AGREED that Councillor M. Seery-Kearney be appointed to the Fire/Ambulance Services and Emergency Management Committee.
It was proposed by Councillor M. Duff and seconded by Councillor R. McMahon and AGREED that Councillor A. Edge be appointed to the Fire/Ambulance Services and Emergency Management Committee.
It was proposed by Councillor F. Timmons and seconded by Councillor V. Casserly and AGREED that Councillor L. O’Toole be appointed to the Fire/Ambulance Services and Emergency Management Committee.
It was proposed by Councillor P. Kavanagh and seconded by Councillor F. Timmons and AGREED that Councillor L. Sinclair be appointed to the Fire/Ambulance Services and Emergency Management Committee.
This is now before full Council for approval