Offaly Local Development Committee (LCDC)
The Offaly Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) was established by Offaly County Council in 2014 in response to Putting People First – Action Programme for Effective Local Government, reforms to improve the delivery of services for the citizen, greater efficiency and effectiveness and gives local government a central role in local and community development. This places local government as the main vehicle of governance and public service at local level – leading economic, social and community development, delivering efficient and good value services, and representing citizens and local communities effectively and accountably.
The LCDC includes Public and Private interests in the County - 3 Offaly County Council elected Councillors, Community, Voluntary & Environmental representatives, State Agencies, and the Local Development Company. The Chief Officer of the Local Community Development Committee is Martin Daly, Senior Executive Officer, Community and Culture Section, Offaly County Council, Ph: 057 93 46800.
To date the Offaly LCDC has;
Developed the community aspect of the Local Economic & Community Plan 2016-2021, see the
LECP here,- Operated as the contract holder for the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) for Offaly - see here for SICAP outline
- Offaly Local Development Company are the Programme Implementer of the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) for Offaly
- Dispersed €64,500 in Community Facilities Scheme grants across the county in 2017; and will disperse €138,550 in Community Enhancement Programme funding in 2018
- Developed and adopted the Healthy Offaly Plan 2018-2020
- Dispersed Healthy Ireland funding amounting to €99,000 in 2017, and will allocate a further €75,000 Healthy Ireland funding in 2018/early 2019
- Developed and adopted the Offaly Age Friendly County Strategy 2018-2021
| Offaly LCDC Members - Statutory Interests 9 |
| Sector | Member Name | Organisation |
| Local Authority Elected Members | Cllr Declan Harvey (Chair) Cllr John Leahy Cllr Noel Cribbin | Offaly County Council Offaly County Council Offaly County Council |
| Local Authority Officials | Anna Marie Delaney Orla Martin | Offaly County Council Offaly County Council |
| State Agencies | Tony Dalton Con Feighery James Carney Ann Sheerin | Laois & Offaly Education and Training Board Teagasc Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Health Services Executive |
| Offaly LCDC Members - Non Statutory Interests 10 |
| Community & Voluntary | Sinead McDonagh (Vice Chair) Jimmy Todd | Offaly Public Participation Network Community Representatives (2) |
Social Inclusion | Elizabeth Fleming Margaret Murphy | Offaly Public Participation Network Social Inclusion Representatives (2) |
| Environment | Rebekah Keaveny | Offaly Public Participation Network Environmental Representative (1) |
Local development and community development bodies | Brendan O’Loughlin | Offaly Local Development Company |
Other civic society or ‘local and community’ interests | Dominic Doheny Richard Scally Fechin Daly Christina Byrne | Construction Industry Federation Offaly Irish Farmers Association Construction Industry Slieve Bloom Rural Development Co-operative |
| Total Offaly LCDC Membership 19 |
