Reply - b) Report on Conferences/Seminars

COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, June 13, 2022

HEADED ITEM NO.

HEADED ITEM: C. Performance and Change Management Directorate

STANDING COMMITTEES ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE & FINANCE - FOR APPROVAL

a) Draft Calendar of Meeting Dates

b) Report on Conferences/Seminars

REPLY:

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

Training Notified Since March 2022

Name	Organisation	Location	Date
AILG Module 2	AILG	Treacys West Hotel, Ennis Co. Clare	12th May 2022
AILG Module 2	AILG	The Hillgrove Hotel, Co. Monaghan	14th May 2022

Training Attended Since March 2022

Name	Organisation	Location	Date	Councillors in Attendance
AILG Annual Conference	AILG	Inisowen Gateway Hotel Buncrana, Inishowen, Co. Donegal	23^rd – 24^th March 2022	· Cllr. Guss O'Connell · Cllr Ronan McMahon · Cllr Kenneth Egan · Cllr. Shirley O’ Hara · Cllr. Brian Lawlor · Cllr David McManus
IPI Annual Planning Conference 2022	Irish Planning Institute	Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel, Co. Kilkenny	7^th – 8^th April 2022	· Cllr. Brian Lawlor · Cllr David McManus
LAMA Spring Training Seminar	LAMA	Hotel Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny	11^th – 12^th April 2022	· Cllr. Shirley O’ Hara · Cllr David McManus · Cllr Baby Pereppadan · Cllr Kenneth Egan · Cllr. Brian Lawlor · Cllr. Guss O'Connell · Cllr Ronan McMahon

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 Notified Since March 2022

Name	Organisation	Location	Date
Suck Valley Way Conference	Roscommon County Council	The Abbey Hotel, Co. Roscommon	27th - 28th April 2022

Conferences Attended Since March 2022

None

Requirements on members in relation to attendance at conferences
(1) Having been authorised to attend an event under section 142, a councillor is required in all circumstances to –

a) attend that event and participate in the proceedings to the greatest extent possible, and
b) submit a written report within 15 days to the Cathaoirleach, who shall submit the report to the next ordinary meeting of the council. The report must indicate the nature of the meeting and contain a summary of the proceedings. This report shall be made available free of charge on request to any member of the public; for this purpose it may be put on the local authority’s website. The requirements in relation to reports by attendees and making the report available to the public are in large part new requirements under section 142(5)(f) (as amended) and section 142(5)(fa).

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.”