Tipperary councillors elect new Strategic Policy Committee members

Strategic Policy Committees help the council make decisions about the services they provide

Councillor nominations have been made for Tipperary’s Strategic Policy Committees at a recent sitting of Tipperary County Council.

SPCs are local authority committees that advise the council on policies related to different areas, sections and functions.

They help to develop and review policy.

An example of this was the review of vertical diversions (speed bumps, ramps etc) in the county earlier this year.

The policy was examined by the Infrastructure SPC, devised by the road section and then presented for adoption to the full council.

The committees are made up of councillors and stakeholders from different sectors, as representatives from trade unions, members of the community and volunteers. There are seven in Tipperary and they are Economic Development and Enterprise, Housing, Infrastructure (to include Roads and Transportation, Planning and Emergency Services, Environment and Climate Action and Community, Culture and Library Services.

At last month’s sitting of Tipperary County Council, the following councillors were nominated:

Planning

Imelda Goldsboro (Chair Designate)

Micheál Lowry

Seamus Morris

Ann Marie Ryan

John Carroll

Michael Smith

Fiona Bonfield

Mark FitzGerald

Mary Hanna Hourigan

John Crosse

Infrastructure

Jim Ryan (Chair Designate)

Micahel O’Meara

Mairin McGrath

John O’Heney

William Kennedy

Mark FitzGerald

Marie Murphy

Ryan O’Meara

Micheal Anglim

Fiona Bonfield

Environment & Climate Action

Sean Ryan (Chair Designate)

Pat English

Eddie Moran

Pamela Quirke O’Meara

Declan Burgess

Peggy Ryan

Phyll Bugler

John Carroll

Imelda Goldsboro

John Fitzgerald

Economic Development and Enterprise

Marie Murphy (Chair Designate)

Joe Hannigan

Liam Browne

Siobhan Ambrose

Kay Cahill Skehan

Roger Kennedy

Louise Morgan Walsh

Michael Murphy

Two nominations were deferred

Housing

Mary Hanna Hourigan (Chair Designate)

Shane Lee

David Dunne

William Kennedy

Roger Kennedy

Michael Anglim

Kieran Bourke

Michael Brennan

Social Inclusion, Community and Rural Development

Michael Smith (Chair Designate)

John Fitzgerald

Peggy Ryan

Ryan O’Meara

Three deferred nominations

Library Services

Andy Moloney (Chair Designate)

Niall Dennehy

Richie Molloy