South Dublin County Council

South Dublin County Council
Comhairle Contae Átha Cliath Theas
Type
Type County Council
Leadership
Mayor Marie Corr[1], Labour Party
Members 26
Political groups      Labour Party (9)
     Fine Gael (8)
     Fianna Fáil (4)
     Sinn Féin (3)
     Independents (1)
     PBPA (1)
Elections
Last election 5 June 2009
Meeting place
South Dublin County Hall, Tallaght
Website
www.sdcc.ie

South Dublin County Council (Irish: Comhairle Contae Átha Cliath Theas) is the local authority for the county of South Dublin in Ireland. It is one of three local authorities that comprised the former Dublin County Council before its abolition, and one of four councils in the Dublin Region. The county seat is at County Hall, Belgard Square North, Tallaght, with a civic centre at Monastery Road, Clondalkin.[2]

The county council is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The county is divided into five local electoral areas and has 26 councillors who are elected every five years by single transferable vote. The county administration is headed by a County manager, currently Joe Horan. The council is the third largest local authority in Ireland with a population of 246,935 people (Census 2006), 90,000 households, and 6,000 businesses, covering an area of 222.74 square kilometres.[3][4] There are 183,336 local government electors and 174,349 Dáil electors registered to vote in the County Council administrative area.[5] Major population centres include Clondalkin, Lucan, Rathfarnham, Tallaght, and Templeogue.

Contents

Legal status

The Local Government Act 2001 established a two-tier structure of local government. The top tier consists of 29 county councils and five city councils. The bottom tier consists of town councils. The city of Kilkenny and four towns which had borough corporation status before 2001 (Sligo, Drogheda, Clonmel, and Wexford), are allowed to use the title of "Borough Council" instead of "Town Council", but they have no additional responsibilities. There are 75 other town councils in addition to these five borough councils. Outside the towns, the county councils are solely responsible for local services. There are no town councils within the county of Dublin South.

The Local Government Act 1994 defines how an authority may act. According to Part VI, Section 31 of the Act,[6] the local authority may provide,

  1. amenities, facilities and services related to
    1. artistic and cultural activities,
    2. sports, games and similar activities,
    3. general recreational and leisure activities,
    4. civic improvements,
    5. environmental and heritage protection and improvement, and
    6. the public use of amenities,
    including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing subparagraphs, the provision of any thing specified in the Fourth Schedule in respect of those subparagraphs,
  2. allotments, fairs and markets and amenities, facilities and services related thereto, and
  3. facilities and services related to the promotion of public safety, including
    1. fire safety,
    2. road safety,
    3. water safety and rescue and mountain and cave safety and rescue.

It may also act as a library authority.

Governance

Management

The Corporate Policy Group (CPG) consists of the Mayor together with the Chairs of each of the Strategic Policy Committees (SPC). The CPG is supported by the County Manager.[7] Its function is to co-ordinate the work of the Committees so that policy decisions can be discussed and agreed for recommendation to the full council.

"The CPG acts as a sort of Cabinet for the council and is supported by the County Manager."[8]

Mayor and Deputy Mayor

The Mayor and Deputy Mayor[9] are chosen from among the councillors. The incumbents are:

Strategic Policy Committees

Executive management

The County Manager, Joe Horan, was appointed by central government. He has implemented the following structure for his management team:[11]

  • Director of Corporate, Human Resources and Library Services
  • Director of Development, Parks & Roads
  • Director of Environmental Services
  • Director of Housing, Social Development & Community Development
  • Director of Land Use, Economic & Transport Planning
  • Head of Finance
  • Head of Information Systems
  • County Architect

Councillors

The county is divided into five local electoral areas, each of which elects between 4–6 councillors. They are: Clondalkin (6), Lucan (5), Rathfarnham (4), Tallaght Central (6), and Tallaght South (5).

Result of 2009 election

Party Seats
Labour Party 9
Fine Gael 8
Fianna Fáil 4
Sinn Féin 3
Independents 1
People Before Profit Alliance 1

Councillors by electoral area

Council members from 2009 election
Local Electoral Area Name Party
Clondalkin[12] Tony Delaney Fine Gael
Robert Dowds Labour Party
Trevor Gilligan Fianna Fáil
Gino Kenny People Before Profit
Matthew McDonagh Sinn Féin
Therese Ridge Fine Gael
Lucan[13] Caitriona Jones Labour Party
Derek Keating Fine Gael
William Lavelle Fine Gael
Guss O'Connell Independent
Eamon Tuffy Labour Party
Rathfarnham[14] Emma Coburn Fine Gael
Paddy Cosgrave Labour Party
Cáit Keane Fine Gael
John Lahart Fianna Fáil
Tallaght Central[15] Colm Brophy Fine Gael
Seán Crowe Sinn Féin
Mick Duff Labour Party
Pamela Kearns Labour Party
Dermot Looney Labour Party
Eamonn Walsh Fianna Fáil
Tallaght South[10] Marie Corr Labour Party
John Hannon Fianna Fáil
Cathal King Sinn Féin
Brian Lawlor Fine Gael
Eamonn Maloney Labour Party

Four councillors who were elected to the council at the 2009 poll, were elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election. Cáit Keane was later elected to Seanad Éireann on the Labour Panel Accordingly their council seats were filled by co-option. Former Mayor, Marie Corr, was elected to the office once again to replace departing Mayor, Eamonn Maloney.[1]

2011 co-option

Elected to 31st Dáil Electoral area Party Co-optee
Robert Dowds Clondalkin Labour Party Breeda Bonner
Derek Keating Lucan Fine Gael Emer Higgins
Seán Crowe Tallaght Central Sinn Féin Maire Devine
Eamonn Maloney Tallaght South Labour Party Chris Bond
Cáit Keane Rathfarnham Fine Gael Anne-Marie Dermody

Polling scheme

For administrative and electoral purposes, the county council organizes Dublin South into a hierarchy of electoral units. These are: Local Electoral Areas, Polling Districts, Electoral Divisions, Townlands, and Polling Places for voting. This hierarchical structure is called a polling scheme. The most recent polling scheme was adopted by the county council on 13 September 2010 and went into operation on 15 February 2011.[16]

There are four Dáil Constituencies in the county:

and five Local Electoral Areas:

The constituencies and electoral areas are organized as follows:

  • Dublin Mid West constituency contains local electoral areas Clondalkin and Lucan
  • Dublin South contains Rathfarnham
  • Dublin South Central contains Clondalkin and Tallaght Central
  • Dublin South West contains Tallaght Central and Tallaght South.

Some overlaps occur: Clondalkin local electoral area occupies parts of two constituencies: Dublin Mid West and Dublin South Central. Tallaght Central local electoral area also occupies parts of two constituencies: Dublin South Central and Dublin South West.

The following tables illustrate the detailed administrative-electoral county structure, or polling scheme:[17]

South Dublin County Council Polling Scheme — Dublin Mid West Constituency
Dáil Constituency Area Local Electoral Area Polling District Book Electoral Division Polling Place
Dublin Mid West Clondalkin Rowlagh 1 FF Rowlagh
Rowlagh 2 FG
Rowlagh 3 FH Quarryvale
Neilstown 1 FL Neilstown
Neilstown 2 FM
Foxdene FN Foxdene
Bawnogue 1 FR Bawnogue
Bawnogue 1a FX Deansrath
Clondalkin 1 FS Clondalkin
Clondalkin 1a FY
Clondalkin 2 FT
Clondalkin 2a FZ
Newcastle FV Newcastle
Rathcoole GV Rathcoole
Saggart GW Saggart
Brittas 1 GX Brittas
Lucan Airlie FA West Lucan
Esker 1 FB Esker
Esker 2 FC
Esker 3 FP Griffeen
Esker 4 FW Esker
Lucan 1 FD Lucan Village
Lucan 2 FE Esker North
Lucan 2a FO
Cherryorchard FI Palmerston
Palmerston 1 FJ
Palmerston 2 FK
South Dublin County Council Polling Scheme — Dublin South Constituency
Dáil Constituency Area Local Electoral Area Polling District Book Electoral Division Polling Place
Dublin South Rathfarnham Ballyboden IC Ballyboden
Stocking Lane 1 IE Ballyroan
Stocking Lane 2 IT
Knocklyon 1 II Knocklyon
Knocklyon 2 IJ
Knocklyon 3 IH
Knocklyon 4 IG Ballyroan
Ballyroan 1 IK
Ballyroan 2 IL
Ballyroan 3 IM
Ballyroan 4 IN
Rathfarnham 1 IP Rathfarnham
Rathfarnham 2 IQ
Rathfarnham 3 IR
South Dublin County Council Polling Scheme — Dublin South Central Constituency
Dáil Constituency Area Local Electoral Area Polling District Book Electoral Division Polling Place
Dublin South Central Clondalkin Fox and Geese FU A: Dáil Constituency
Bluebell
B: Local Electoral Area
Clondalkin
Tallaght Central Robinhood GA A: Dáil Constituency
Bluebell
B: Local Electoral Area
Kingswood
Ballymount GM A: Dáil Constituency
Walkinstown
B: Local Electoral Area
Kingswood
Cherryfield 1 IA Walkinstown
Cherryfield 2 IB
Fortfield HS Fortfield
South Dublin County Council Polling Scheme — Dublin South West Constituency
Dáil Constituency Area Local Electoral Area Polling District Book Electoral Division Polling Place
Dublin South West Tallaght Central Kingswood 1 GB Kingswood
Kingswood 2 GC
Kingswood 3 GD
Kilnamanagh 1 GE Kilnamanagh
Kilnamanagh 2 GF
Tymon 1 GK Tymon
Tymon 2 GL
Tallaght GI Tallaght Village
Springfield 1 GT Springfield
Springfield 1a HO
Belgard GU Belgard
Brookfield GR Brookfield
Fettercairn GS Fettercairn
Limekiln 1 HK Limekiln
Limekiln 2 HL
Templeogue 1 HM Orwell
Templeogue 2 HP
Templeogue 3 HQ
Templeogue 4 HR
Templeogue 5 HT
Tallaght South Mountainpark 1 GG Mountainpark
Mountainpark 2 GH
Jobstown 1 GN Jobstown
Jobstown 1a HN
Jobstown 1b GO
Jobstown 2 GP
Jobstown 3 GQ
Brittas 2 HA Brittas
Oldbawn 1 HC Oldbawn
Oldbawn 2 HD
Oldbawn 3 HE Ballycragh
Oldbawn 3a HU Oldbawn
Oldbawn 4 HJ
Knockmore 1 HF Knockmore
Killinarden HG Killinarden
Knockmore 2 HH Knockmore
Glenasmole HI Glenasmole
Killakee ID Ballycragh
Firhouse 1 IF Firhouse
Firhouse 1a IO Ballycragh
Monalea IS Firhouse

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c South Dublin County Council elects New Mayor South Dublin County Council, Press release 2011-03-15.
  2. ^ "Opening Hours & Useful Addresses". South Dublin County Council. http://www.sdublincoco.ie/index.aspx?pageid=17. Retrieved 15 February 2011. 
  3. ^ Corporate Plan 2010–2014 South Dublin County Council. Retrieved: 2011-02-15.
  4. ^ Census 2006 - Population of each province, county and city Central Statistics Office. Retrieved: 2011-02-15.
  5. ^ Register of Electors South Dublin County Council. Retrieved: 2011-02-15.
  6. ^ Local Government Act 1994, Section 31. Irish Statute Book. Retrieved: 2011-02-15.
  7. ^ Corporate Plan 2010–2014, page 32. South Dublin County Council. Retrieved: 2011-02-15.
  8. ^ Council website — Corporate Policy Group South Dublin County Council. Retrieved: 2011-02-15.
  9. ^ Local Government Act, 2001: Cathaoirleach and Leas-Chathaoirleach Irish Statute Book. Retrieved: 2011-02-17. Per Schedule 8 of the Local Government Act, 2001, the elected Members of the Council, in exercising their reserved functions, resolved at a Council Meeting held on 11 March 2002 to give to the office of the Cathaoirleach and Leas Chathaoirleach the titles of Méara (Mayor) and Leas Mhéara, (Deputy Mayor).
  10. ^ a b County Council Members (Tallaght South) South Dublin County Council. Retrieved: 2011-02-15.
  11. ^ Management structure South Dublin County Council. Retrieved: 2011-02-15.
  12. ^ County Council Members (Clondalkin) South Dublin County Council. Retrieved: 2011-02-15.
  13. ^ County Council Members (Lucan) South Dublin County Council. Retrieved: 2011-02-15.
  14. ^ County Council Members (Rathfarnham) South Dublin County Council. Retrieved: 2011-02-15.
  15. ^ County Council Members (Tallaght Central) South Dublin County Council. Retrieved: 2011-02-15.
  16. ^ Polling Scheme 2010 South Dublin County Council. Retrieved: 2011-02-15.
  17. ^ Adopted Polling Scheme 2010 South Dublin County Council. Retrieved: 2011-02-15.

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