The Corporate Affairs Department is responsible for the provision and management of a very wide range of services, which include County Council Meetings, Building Administration, Corporate Planning, Organisation Development, Franchise, Policy Research.

 

Register of Electors

A Register of Electors is produced annually. The Register is a list of all persons over 18 years of age resident in the County who are entitled to vote in Elections to the Dail, European Assembly, Presidential, Local Elections and Referenda.

Local Electoral Area

Ballyragget

Callan

Kilkenny

Kilkenny City

Piltown

Thomastown

 

The Draft Register is printed on the 1st November of every year and distributed to Post Offices, Libraries, and Garda Stations thus providing people with the opportunity to check if they were on the Draft Register. A website is also available for this purpose www.checktheregister.ie

The Live Register is subsequently published on 1st February and comes into force on the 15th February.

 

Supplement to the Register: A person who is qualified to be registered but, for any reason, is not included on the published register, may apply to be included on a supplement to the register before the fourteenth day before polling day (Sundays, Public Holidays and Good Friday are excluded). Following the Electoral Amendment Act, 2001 applications to be included on the supplement to the Register of Electors must now be witnessed by a member of the Gárda Siochana.

Under the provisions of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 2001, a person who is on a Register of Electors and moves residence from one constituency to another constituency or from one local electoral area to another local electoral area, can apply for entry onto the supplement at their new address, provided the person authorises the appropriate local authority to delete their name from their old address.

 

Ombudsman Complaints

Complaints received	11
Complaints responded to	11

 

Number of Council Meetings + Payments to Councillors

Number of Council Meetings, Committee Meetings Held from 1st January, 2010 to 31st December, 2010.

No. of Ordinary Monthly Meetings.	11	Rapid AIT	6
Annual Meeting.	1	Goul Joint Drainage	2
Special Meetings of the Council.	3	County Development Board	4
Estimates.	2	Corporate Policy Group	11
Thomastown Electoral Area.	5	Water Safety	5
Kilkenny Electoral Area.	5	Joint Policy Committee	4
Callan Electoral Area.	4	County Kilkenny Leader Partnership	11
Piltown Electoral Area.	4	County Enterprise Board	7
Ballyragget Electoral Area.	5
Rural Water Monitoring.	2
Traveller Accommodation	5
SPC1 - Economic Development & Planning Policy	4
SPC2 - Infrastructure, Transportation, Water Services & Other	4
SPC3 - Environmental Policy including Sanitary Services, Fire Services, Emergency Planning	5
SPC4 - Housing Policy, Social	4
SPC5 - Arts, Culture, Heritage, Tourism, Education	3

 

Payments to Councillors

Annual Allowances :	€128,152.26
Training and Education :	€76,881.62
Representational Payment :	€433,649.58
SPC Allowance :	€30,000.00
Chairpersons Allowance :	€33,473.31
Vice Chairpersons Allowance :	€8,382.74
County Development Board Allowance :	€5,979.48