COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 12, 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 Vacancies on Various Committees / Statutory Bodies (Senator M. Seery Kearney)

d) Filling of Vacancies on Various Committees / Statutory Bodies (Senator W. Priestley)

e) Establishment of Commemorations Committee

f) Standing Orders Review

REPLY: 

The following report went to the September Organisation, Procedure & Finance Committee Meeting 24th September 2020

“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

      

Annual Planning Conference 2020

Irish Planning Institute

Clayton Whites Hotel, Co. Wexford

15/10/2020 - 16/10/2020

 

            Conferences & Training Attended Since January 2020

Irish Planning Institute

Planning for Growth

Irish Planning Institute

Metropole Hotel Cork

 

05/02/2020

Cllr. Kenneth Egan

Cllr. Brian Lawlor

Cllr. Baby Pereppadan

The Development Plan Making Process

 AILG

Hotel Kilmore, Cavan, Co. Cavan

 13/02/2020

Cllr. David McManus

Cllr. Kenneth Egan

Cllr. Guss O'Connell

 Annual TrainingConference 2020

AILG

Longford Arms Hotel & Spa, Co. Longford

04/03/2020 - 05/03/2020

Cllr. David McManus

Cllr. Kenneth Egan

 Moorhead Report

 AILG

Clayton Whites Hotel, Co. Wexford

Carrickdale Hotel, Co. Dundalk

 Sligo Park Hotel, Co. Sligo

 Hodson Bay Hotel, Co. Roscommon

25/07/2020

30/07/2020

08/08/2020

  

 11/08/2020

Cllr. Brian Lawlor

Cllr. Guss O'Connell

Cllr. David McManus

Cllr. Baby Pereppadan

  

Cllr. Vicki Casserly

Cllr. Kenneth Egan

  

Cllr. Joanna Tuffy

Cllr. Shirley O'Hara

 

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.”

This is now before Council for approval