Strategic Policy Committees (SPCs) are local authority committees in city and county councils whose membership includes elected councillors, representatives of business, farming interests, environmental/conservation groups, trade unions and community and voluntary members.
It is the task of the Strategic Policy Committees (SPCs), as committees of the Council, to advise and assist the Council in the formulation, development and review of policy.
The remit of the SPCs is to deal only with policy matters and as such they are strategic in nature. They have no remit in relation to routine operational matters regarding the delivery of services.
The SPC system is intended to give Councillors and relevant Sectoral Interests an opportunity for full involvement in the policy making process from the early stages.
There are currently 4 Strategic Policy Committee’s in Carlow namely:
- Planning, Environment, Climate Action, Energy and Agriculture Strategic Policy Committee
- Transportation and Infrastructure Strategic Policy Committee
- Housing, Community and Wellbeing Strategic Policy Committee
- Culture, Libraries and Digital Development, Tourism, Enterprise and Economic Development Strategic Policy Committee
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Planning, Economic Development, Regeneration, Finance and ICT SPC |
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| Kieran Cullinane, A/Director of Services | |
| Cllr. Michael Doran (Chair) | Elected Member |
| Cllr. Thomas Kinsella | Elected Member |
| Cllr. Charlie Murphy | Elected Member |
| Cllr. Daniel Pender | Elected Member |
| Cllr. William Paton | Elected Member |
| John Duffy | Agriculture/Farming IFA |
| Sue Philips | Environment/Conservation PPN |
| Lisa O'Shea | Development/Construction, Chambers Ireland |
| Eoin Kehoe | Business Commercial, Chambers Ireland |
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Transportation, Environment & Emergency Services and Capital Projects SPC |
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| Pádraig O’Gorman, Director of Services | |
| Cllr. John Pender (Chair) | Elected Member |
| Cllr. Paul Doogue | Elected Member |
| Cllr. Brian O’Donoghue | Elected Member |
| Cllr. Willie Quinn | Elected Member |
| Michael Purcell | Agriculture/Farming IFA |
| John McHugh | Environment/Conservation PPN |
| John Brophy | Business Commercial, Chambers Ireland |
| Jackie Meally | Community/Voluntary, PPN |
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Housing and Integration SPC |
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| Fiona O’Neill, A/Director of Services | |
| Cllr. Andrea Dalton (Chair) | Elected Member |
| Cllr. Ken Murnane | Elected Member |
| Cllr. Fergal Browne | Elected Member |
| Cllr. John Cassin | Elected Member |
| Cllr. Adrienne Wallace | Elected Member |
| Vacant | Environment/Conservation PPN |
| Lisa O’Shea | Development/Construction, Chambers Ireland |
| Amanda Shasha | Community/Voluntary, PPN |
| Niall Ryan | Social Inclusion, PPN |
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Community Development, Recreation Amenity Sports, Arts & Culture Libraries, Museum & Heritage SPC |
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| Michael Brennan, Director of Services | |
| Cllr. Andy Gladney (Chair) | Elected Member |
| Cllr. Ben Ward | Elected Member |
| Cllr. Fintan Phelan | Elected Member |
| Cllr. Jim Deane | Elected Member |
| Deirdre O’Connell | Trade Unions, ICTU |
| Aisling O’Halloran | Community & Voluntary, PPN |
| Eileen Doyle | Community & Voluntary, PPN |
| Trish Doyle | Social Inclusion, PPN |