Committee details

Environment, Climate Action and Agriculture Strategic Policy Committee

Purpose of committee

Strategic Policy Committees

Section 48 of the Local Government Act, 2001 as amended provided for the establishment of Strategic Policy Committees. A new SPC Scheme was adopted in September 2019 following the 2019 Local Elections. Leitrim County Council has established 3 SPC’s as follows:

 

·  Planning, Economic Development and Infrastructure Strategic Policy Committee

·  Housing, Community and Culture Strategic Policy Committee

·  Environment, Climate Action and Agriculture Strategic Policy Committee

 

Each SPC consists of six (6) Elected Members and four (4) nominees from sectoral interests. The Council is and remains the decision making Authority, and it is the task of the SPCs, as committees of the Council, to advise and assist the Council in the formulation, development and review of policy. The SPC system is intended to give Elected Members and relevant Sectoral Interests an opportunity for full involvement in the policy making process from the early stages.

 

Each SPC is chaired by an Elected Member of Leitrim County Council and is assisted by a Director of Services.  

Membership

Contact information

Support officer: Vincent Dwyer. Environment Section