COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 09, 2023

HEADED ITEM NO.

HEADED ITEM: C. Performance and Change Management Directorate

STANDING COMMITTEES ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE & FINANCE - FOR APPROVAL

a) Report on Conferences/Seminars

b) Building Europe With Local Councillors

REPLY:

The following report when to the September OP&F -

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

Training Notified Since May 2023   

Name	Organisation	Location	Date
AILG Module 4	AILG	The Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa Cork (LittleIsland) & The Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa Sligo	20th July & 22nd July
AILG Autumn Seminar	AILG	Mullingar Park Hotel, Co. Westmeath	13th - 14th September
ICSH National Housing Seminar	ICSH	Clayton Whites Hotel, Wexford	18th - 19th October 2023

Training Confirmed Attended Since May 2023

Name	Organisation	Location	Date	Councillors in Attendance
AILG Module 3	AILG	Mullingar Park Hotel, Co. Westmeath	15th June	Cllr L. Hagin Meade Cllr G. O'Connell Cllr David McManus Cllr S. O'Hara Cllr B. Pereppadan
AILG Module 4	AILG	The Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa Cork  The Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa Sligo	20th July 22nd July	Cllr K. Egan Cllr S. O'Hara Cllr B. Lawlor Cllr L. Hagin Meade Cllr R. McMahon Cllr D. McManus Cllr G. O'Connell

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 May 2023

Name	Organisation	Location	Date
MacGill Summer School 2023	MacGill Summer School	Donegal	16/8/23 - 19/8/23

Conferences Confirmed Attended Since May 2023

Name	Organisation	Location	Date	Councillors in Attendance
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 –

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.