COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 12, 2022

HEADED ITEM NO. 3

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

c) Review of Standing Orders

d) Filling of Vacancy on the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education & Training Board Following the Resignation Of Councillor E. O'Brien

REPLY:

The following report went to the September 2022 OP&F meeting.

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

Training Notified Since September 2022

      

Name	Organisation	Location	Date
ICSH Biennial Finance & Development Conference	Irish Council of Social Housing	Radisson Blu Hotel, Co. Sligo	19th - 20th October
AILG Module 5	AILG	Brehon Hotel, Killarney, Co. Kerry	22nd October
LAMA Autumn Seminar	LAMA	Four Seasons Hotel, Co. Monaghan	9th - 10th November
AILG Module 6	AILG	The Tower Hotel, Co. Waterford	17th November 2022

Training Attended Since September 2022

Name	Organisation	Location	Date	Councillors in Attendance
AILG Annual Seminar	AILG	Kightsbridge Hotel, Co. Meath	14th - 15th September	Cllr B. Lawlor    Cllr R. McMahon Cllr S. O'Hara    Cllr K. Egan        Cllr D. McManus Cllr B. Pereppadan    Cllr G. O'Connell
ICSH Biennial Finance & Development Conference	Irish Council of Social Housing	Radisson Blu Hotel, Co. Sligo	19th - 20th October	Cllr B. Lawlor    Cllr R. McMahon Cllr S. O'Hara    Cllr K. Egan        Cllr D. McManus
AILG Module 5	AILG	Brehon Hotel, Killarney, Co. Kerry	22nd October	Cllr G. O'Connell Cllr R. McMahon Cllr D. McManus
AILG Module 6	AILG	The Tower Hotel, Co. Waterford	17th November	Cllr B. Pereppadan Cllr S.O'Hara

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 September 2022

Name	Organisation	Location	Date
Daniel O'Connell Summer School	28th - 29th October	Ring of Kerry Hotel, Co. Kerry	28th - 29th October

Conferences Attended Since September 2022

Name	Organisation	Location	Date	Councillors in Attendance
Irish Travellers / Mincéirs & the State, 1922 - 2022: the Struggle for Equality	NUI Galway	NUI Galway	16th - 17th September 2022	Cllr G. O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell Summer School	Daniel O'Connell Summer Schol	Ring of Kerry Hotel, Co. Kerry	28th - 29th October	Cllr B. Lawlor,  Cllr R. McMahon, Cllr S. O'Hara, Cllr K. Egan, Cllr D. McManus

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 –

1. a) attend that event and participate in the proceedings to the greatest extent possible, and

2. 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."

This is now before full Council for final approval.