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Update No. 2

Kerry County Development Board - Present Position:


Chairman
Mr. Ted Fitzgerald MCC, Kerry County Development Board
Last month we issued the first in a series of Kerry County Development Board newsletters which are designed to keep you informed of activities at Board level.

Remember, the County Development Board draws its membership from four sectors, Local Government, Local Development, State Agencies and Social Partners. Our aim is to develop a county-wide Strategy for Economic, Social and Cultural Development by January, 2002. This will represent a charter for greater local level co-ordination between the four sectors which will shape the future of our county over the next ten years.

The Board was launched on 18 February, 2000, and the second meeting of the Board was held in the Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney, on 14 April, 2000. It was chaired by Councillor Ted Fitzgerald and facilitated by Dr. Jim Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick Associates, Ms. Siobhán Griffin, Kerry County Council, and Mr. Joe MacGrath, Director of Service, Community & Enterprise. The meeting consisted of both plenary sessions and working groups. The working groups sessions were chaired by Mr. Martin Nolan, County Manager, Mr. Paddy Gallagher, Area Director, IDA, and Mr. Paddy O'Callaghan, Chairman, South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd. Rapporteurs for the Working groups were Ms. Helen Fitzgerald, Community and Voluntary Sector, Mr. Martin Collins, CEO, Kerry County Enterprise Board, and Ms. Kathleen O'Regan Sheppard, Business/Employers Pillar.

The groups considered the "Key Issues" which must be addressed in the strategy and the establishment of working groups to take forward the work of the Board to the next stages.
"Key Issues" - Your views are being heard
  • The Board at its meeting, considered the 'Key Issues' in the county.
    These included:

  • Agriculture
  • Culture
  • Disability Issues
  • Education & Training
  • Elderly
  • Enterprise/Industry support &     Development
  • Environment
  • Equality Issues
  • Fisheries
  • Food Production
  • Information Technology
  • Infrastructure
  • Planning & Development Control
  • Research & Development
  • Rural Isolation
  • Social Issues/ Housing/    Employment
  • Spatial Strategy Issues
  • Sports
  • Telecommunications & Energy
  • Tourism
  • Traveller Issues
  • Womens Issues
  • Youth Issues

  • These issues provide the foundations for the Strategy of where County Kerry is to be in ten years from now.
  • The issues were identified following individual submissions from Board members, Social Partners including the Community and Voluntary Sector, Business Pillar and Farming Sector.


Working Groups (Sub-Structures): The Next Steps
  • The Board has now agreed the appointment of Chairpersons of Working Groups which will allow for a focused approach to the development of the key issues.

  • The Chairpersons appointed are:
    Local Government Sector: Cllr. Brian O'Leary, Kerry County Council
    Local Development Sector: Mr. Paddy O'Callaghan, South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd.
    State Sector: Dr. Barney O'Reilly, Kerry Education Service/Co. Kerry VEC
    Social Partners: Ms. Kathleen O'Regan Sheppard, Business/Employers Pillar

  • These Working Groups will allow for input from organisations and persons not directly represented on the Board.


Where does the Kerry County Development Board draw its membership from?

Kerry County Development Board

Local
Government Sector:
Local Development Sector:
State Agencies:
Social Partners:
  • Kerry County     Council
  • Tralee Urban     District Council
  • Killarney Urban     District Council
  • Listowel Urban     District Council
  • Kerry County     Enterprise     Board
  • South Kerry     Development     Partnership Ltd.
  • Tuatha Chiarraí
  • Meitheal     Forbartha na     Gaeltachta
  • North Kerry     Together Ltd.
  • IRD Duhallow
  • Partnership Trá
        Lí
  • Sliabh Luachra     ADM
  • Southern Health     Board
  • Garda Síochána
  • FÁS
  • Teagasc
  • Kerry Education     Service
  • Enterprise Ireland
  • IDA Ireland
  • South West     Regional Tourism     Authority Ltd.
  • Shannon     Development
  • Department of     Social,Community     and Family Affairs
  • Údarás na    Gaeltachta
  • Business/     Employers
  • Trade Union
  • Community/     Voluntary
  • Farming/     Agriculture


    • OUTPUT

    A COUNTY KERRY STRATEGY FOR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

    One Stop Shop Developments - A Practical Example of Local Level Co-ordination

    Work is progressing on the development of eight Area Services Centres in County Kerry. The services referred to include those provided by the Local Authorities, State Agencies/ Government Departments and the Community/Voluntary Sector. The challenge is to develop an integrated, person focused approach to the delivery of services. To this end widespread consultation is taking place. A pilot project is in place in Killarney since June, 1999. The learning from this is valuable in the planning and development of the other centres.



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