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. Its membership is set out below:

Since 2003, one of the Board's core functions has been to oversee the delivery of an agreed "Strategy for Economic, Social and Cultural Development" of Kilkenny County for 2002-2012. The focus of the CDB for 2005 was the carrying out of a review of this strategy and the subsequent production of a strategy review document. The purpose of this review was not to revise the 2002-2012 strategy but rather to focus on the key priorities and actions of the next three year cycle and to examine ways to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of service provision in Kilkenny city and county.

Steps taken in carrying out this review included.

• Initial Progress Reports from lead agencies to highlight progress as a lead agency, status report on all actions, what has worked / not worked within the process, recommendations for changes/modifications to the process / system and a preferred reporting method.
• Desktop and secondary research methods to update statistics, current trends and new policy developments.
• A number of facilitated meetings of the CDB.

 

Resulting from this review Kilkenny CDB has identified nine core actions which have the overriding aim of improving the existing co-ordination and delivery of public services at local level. Over the next three years, these collaborative priority actions will contribute to an increased strengthening of the effectiveness and efficiency of service provision in Kilkenny.

Specific focused working groups will be established to progress the implementation of these prioritised actions.

The CDB is serviced by the Department of Community and Enterprise in Kilkenny County Council.

 

 

KILKENNY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT BOARD 2005

LOCAL AUTHORITY
SPC Chairs	Cllr. Bobby Aylward
	Cllr. Catherine Connery, Chair CDB
	Cllr. Pat Dunphy
	Cllr. Michael Lanigan
	Cllr. Ann Phelan
	Cllr. Maurice Shortall, Chair Co.Co
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
Department of Education & Science	Ronan Mulhall
Department of Social & Family Affairs	Michael Cummins
Enterprise Ireland	Michael Dee
FÁS	Des Shanley
An Garda Síochána	Supt. Gordon Ryan
Health Services Executive (HSE)	Tony Whelan
IDA Ireland	Celine McHugh
South East Regional Tourism Authority	Pat Nolan
Teagasc	Loretto O'Driscoll
VEC (Vocational Education Committee)	Rodger Curran

 

SOCIAL PARTNERS
Business & Employees	David Culliton
Community & Voluntary	Breda McDonald
	Fr. Nicholas Flavin
Farming Sector	Seamus Phelan
Trade Unions	Phil Funchion

 

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