The Kilkenny County Development Board (CDB) continues to focus on the co-ordinated and integrated delivery of services in the county. The 30 members of the board come from the Local Authority Sector, Local Development Sector, State Agency Sector and the Social Partners. Corresponding with Local Elections in June 2004, the CDB has been reconstituted and its membership is set below:

National measures have been introduced over 2004. The board has prioritised youth as a target group for an integrated plan and have also been successful in accessing funding for development work in the south of the county. These measures have been established as a means of developing further integration, co-ordination and cohesion in service delivery.

The implementation of actions is implemented through four sub-groups of the County Development Board. These are, the Social Inclusion measures Sub-group, the Community and Citizen Well-being sub-group, the Education and Training Sub-group and the Income and Wealth Generation Sub-group. These groups are actively involved in progressing the actions in the strategy.

The County Development Board is serviced by the Community and Enterprise Department in Kilkenny County Council.

 

KILKENNY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT BOARD 2004

LOCAL AUTHORITY
SPC Chairs	Cllr. Bobby Aylward,
	Cllr. Mary H.Cavanagh, Chair Co. Co.
	Cllr. Pat Dunphy,
	Cllr. Michael Lanigan,
	Cllr. Ann Phelan,
	Cllr. Catherine Connery.
Corporation	Cllr. Sean ÓhArgáin
County Manager	Michael Malone

 

LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
Barrow Nore Suir Rural Development (LEADER)	Declan Rice Joan Fitzpatrick
Castlecomer District Community Development Network	Martin Carroll
County Enterprise Board	Sean McKeown Yvonne Moriarty
Kilkenny Community Action Network (KCAN)	Martin Rafter
County Childcare Committee	Eileen Curtis

 

STATE AGENCIES
Reg, Education Officer	Ronan Mulhall
Department of Social & Family Affairs	Michael Cummins
Enterprise Ireland	Michael Dee
FÁS	Des Shanley
VEC	Rodger Curran
South Eastern Health Board	Tony Whelan
IDA Ireland	Celine McHugh
South East Tourism	Pat Nolan
Teagasc	Loretto O'Driscoll

 

SOCIAL PARTNERS
Trade Unions Business & Employees	David Culliton
Community & Voluntary	Bill Carroll
	Fr. Nicholas Flavin
Farming Sector	Seamus Phelan

 

The main challenge for the Board is to review its 10 year strategy as set down by the department.