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€300k- Have Your Say, to be rolled out in Clondalkin Electoral Area for 2018

€300k- Have Your Say, to be rolled out in Clondalkin Electoral Area for 2018

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09/03/2018

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Mayor of South Dublin County Council, Cllr. Paul Gogarty officially launched the €300K – Have Your Say initiative for the Clondalkin Electoral Area at The Round Tower Visitor Centre, Brú Chrónáin, Clondalkin on Thursday, 8th March, 2018.

An amount of €300,000 has been allocated for the Clondalkin Electoral Area (Clondalkin, Newcastle and Rathcoole). Residents, through a combination of locally facilitated workshops and an online consultation portal https://consult.sdublincoco.ie/ are invited to submit their spending proposals for this extra budget.

Participatory Budgeting is an innovative democratic process which facilitates citizens in a local community to directly decide how to spend a portion of a public budget in their area. It gives people direct power to determine spending priorities and to improve their community.

Speaking at the launch, Mayor Gogarty said, “I am delighted to be able to offer our citizens the opportunity to get involved and have a say in how this extra funding can be used to benefit them and their community across the Clondalkin, Newcastle and Rathcoole areas.”

Throughout March the initiative will be widely publicised on local and social media and Workshops will be held in the following locations:

Tuesday, 13 March: Neilstown Community Centre, Clondalkin from 7.00pm

Thursday, 15 March: Green Isle Hotel, Clondalkin from 7.00pm

Tuesday, 20 March: Peamount Football Club, Newcastle from 7.00pm

Thursday, 22 March: Rathcoole Community Centre from 7.00pm

All members of the community are encouraged to attend as there is no age restriction on submitting ideas and voting, so bring the kids along and let them experience how a democratic process works!

During April 2018 proposals will be assessed, selected and costed and then put forward for a public vote. Online voting will be available. Furthermore a number of voting stations will be set up locally for people to vote in paper format, if they do not have access to a computer.

The locations and the dates to cast your vote will be announced closer to the time. Log on to our website http://www.southdublin.ie/HaveYourSay/ and social media channels for updates.

 

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For more information see http://www.southdublin.ie/HaveYourSay/

or communications@sdublincoco.ie

 

South Dublin County is one of four local authority areas in the Dublin region.

South Dublin County Council provides and funds a broad range of services including housing, roads, walking and cycling routes, parks and playgrounds, libraries, sports facilities, litter control, arts centres, enterprise units, fire services, community infrastructure and financial supports. It also serves as a platform for local democracy with 40 councillors spread across six electoral areas.

Bounded by the River Liffey to the North and the Dublin Mountains to the South, the County lies 16 kilometres south west of Dublin city centre and has an administrative footprint of 223sq. kilometres. The County has nine main villages Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown, Rathfarnham, Tallaght, Templeogue, Saggart, Rathcoole and Newcastle and is bounded by adjoining counties of Wicklow, Kildare, Dublin City, Fingal and Dun Laoghaire.

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  • Pictured Left to Right: Cllr. Kenneth Egan, Frances Fitzgerald TD, Tommy Keogh Clondalkin Tidy Towns
    Pictured Left to Right: Cllr. Kenneth Egan, Frances Fitzgerald TD, Tommy Keogh Clondalkin Tidy Towns
  • Pictured Left to Right: Mayor Paul Gogarty, Chief Executive South Dublin County Council Daniel McLoughlin, Frances Fitzgerald TD
    Pictured Left to Right: Mayor Paul Gogarty, Chief Executive South Dublin County Council Daniel McLoughlin, Frances Fitzgerald TD
  • Pictured: Mayor Paul Gogarty
    Pictured: Mayor Paul Gogarty