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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (the local authority)

The council was responsible for setting up Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown PPN and part-funds the PPN. The Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown PPN is independent of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council but it gets support from the Council’s Community and Cultural Development Department.

 

Strategic Policy Committees (SPCs)

These committees develop, monitor and review policies which affect the functions of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and give advice to the Council. The SPCs include members of the local authority, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown PPN representatives and other stakeholders. The Strategic Policy Committees have no role in the way operational services are run — such as fixing roads or cutting grass.

Full details of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Councils Strategic Policy Committees can be found here. The Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown PPN has between three and five seats on each committee.

 

The Local Community Development Committee (LCDC)

This is a group of agencies that work together to co-ordinate community development in the county.

Funding
The LCDC is responsible for co-ordinating, planning and overseeing local and community development funding.

Linking agencies
When putting in place local and community development programmes, the LCDC links the different agencies and the work being done. It aims to improve the co-ordination between agencies so they can deliver better services.

Promoting engagement
The LCDC promotes active public participation and community engagement in local and community development programmes.

Planning
The LCDC prepares the Local Economic and Community Plan (LECP), which focuses on improving the quality of life and the well-being of communities.

The LECP identifies the goals the council needs to focus on to develop and support local economic and community development. It then sets out how these goals can be achieved up to the year 2021.

Collaborating
The LCDC brings together representatives from the following organisations:

  • Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (DLRCC);
  • Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Public Participation Network (DLR PPN);
  • Southside Partnership (SSP);
  • Health Service Executive (HSE);
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection (DEASP);
  • Tusla, Child and Family Agency;
  • Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Chamber of Commerce;
  • Dublin Dún Laoghaire Education & Training Board (DDLETB);
  • Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU).
  • Irish Farming Association (IFA).

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown PPN has five seats out of 19 on the LCDC. 

 

Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht

This government department is responsible for developing and funding PPNs nationally.

 

National PPN Advisory Group

This group advises the Department of Rural and Community Development on the development and monitoring of PPNs. The membership of the advisory group includes local and national stakeholders such as:

  • Local PPN volunteers;
  • PPN workers;
  • Local government officials; and
  • Representatives from the national Community and Voluntary, Environmental and Social Inclusion sectors.

 

National PPN Workers Network

The National PPN Workers Network exists to support PPN staff to:

  • Share best practice;
  • Work collectively on projects and highlight issues;
  • Nominate representatives onto the National PPN Advisory Group; and
  • Engage with PPN stakeholders at a national level.

 

 

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