Strategic Policy Committee Scheme 2014 – 2018 (SPCs)
Waterford City & County Council operates 5 Strategic Policy Committees (SPCs), each served by the relevant Director of Service. The Chairs of the SPCs are selected by the Council at the AGM. The SPCs are sub-committees of Waterford City and Council and must abide by the Standing Orders and rules of procedure of the Council.
The quorum for a meeting is one-fourth of the total number of members of the SPC plus one or, where one-fourth of such total number is not a whole number; the quorum is the next highest whole number plus one. Of this number there should be 3 elected members present. If the Chair is unable to attend his/her place shall be taken by another elected member of the SPC.
Following consultation with the City and County Community Fora (forerunner of the Public Participation Network) and National Pillars, and taking on board the stated preferences of the elected members, (in so far as is possible), the following format for the SPCs was approved by the members of Waterford City and County Council at the September 2014 Meeting and as amended by Council at meeting of Waterford City and County Council on 11th June 2015.
Each Strategic Policy Committee shall meet as often as required, and at least four times a year, to deal with the business assigned to it. Five days clear notice will be given for meetings of the SPC and where possible there will be an agreed schedule for meetings.
The Community and Voluntary, Social Inclusion and Environmental representatives will be nominated by the Waterford Public Participation Network, subject to the endorsement of the environment reps by the National Environmental Pillar. Sectoral groups are to be requested to submit nominations within 4 weeks.
Where an SPC member misses 3 consecutive meetings the nominating body will be requested to nominate a replacement. A warning will be issued by the relevant Director following a member not attending 2 consecutive meetings without reason.
The dates, times and locations of the SPC meetings are matters for each individual SPC to determine. The Plenary Mayor is an ex-officio member of each of the SPCs and may attend any such meeting at his/her discretion.
Environmental Protection SPC - Chair: Cllr. Declan Clune |
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| Name | Sector |
| Cllr.John Hearne | Local Government |
| Cllr. Declan Doocey | Local Government |
| Cllr. Jim Griffin | Local Government |
| Cllr. Mary Roche | Local Government |
| Peter O'Connor | Environment |
| Peter Kiely | Farming |
| Bríd O'Heir | Community and Voluntary |
| Kate Moloney | Social Inclusion |
| Economic Development and Enterprise SPC - Chair: Cllr. Liam Brazil Lar Power - Director of Services |
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| Name | Sector |
| Cllr. John Cummins | Local Government |
| Cllr. Davy Daniels | Local Government |
| Cllr. Pat Fitzgerald | Local Government |
| Cllr. Eddie Mulligan | Local Government |
| Cllr. Pat Nugent | Local Government |
| Cllr. Eamon Quinlan | Local Government |
| Cllr. Lola O'Sullivan | Local Government |
| Paul Nolan | Business |
| David Lane | Trade Union |
| Mark Connors | Farming |
| Samantha Richardson | Environment |
| Vacant | Social Inclusion |
| Gerty Murphy | Community and Voluntary |
| Transportation Infrastructure and Fire SPC - Chair: Cllr. Joe Conway Fergus Galvin - Director of Services |
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| Name | Sector |
| Cllr. Ray Murphy | Local Government |
| Cllr. Pat Fitzgerald | Local Government |
| Cllr. Joe Kelly | Local Government |
| Cllr. Seamus O'Donnell | Local Government |
| Cllr. Sean Reinhardt | Local Government |
| Cllr. Cha O'Neill | Local Government |
| Cllr. Adam Wyse | Local Government |
| Tom O'Brien | Development/Construction (CIF) |
| George Kehoe | Business/Commercial |
| Alan Walshe | Environment |
| Tony McSweeney | Social Inclusion |
| James Coughlan | Community and Voluntary |
| Housing, Community, Culture, Sport & Recreation SPC - Chair: Cllr. Tom Cronin Ivan Grimes - Director of Services |
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| Name | Sector |
| Cllr. Breda Brennan | Local Government |
| Cllr. Damien Geoghegan | Local Government |
| Cllr. John Carey | Local Government |
| Cllr. Blaise Hannigan | Local Government |
| Cllr. Cha O'Neill | Local Government |
| Cllr. John O'Leary | Local Government |
| Cllr. John Pratt | Local Government |
| Cllr. Sean Reinhardt | Local Government |
| Andrea Galgey | Social Inclusion |
| Rosemary Kennedy | Community and Voluntary |
| Jemma Mackey | Trade Union |
| Michael Farrell | Environment |
| Planning SPC - Chair: Cllr. Seánie Power Lar Power - Director of Services |
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| Name | Sector |
| Cllr. Joe Conway | Local Government |
| Cllr. M J O'Ryan | Local Government |
| Cllr. Jason Murphy | Local Government |
| Cllr. James Tobin | Local Government |
| Cllr. Siobhán Whelan | Local Government |
| Vacant | Local Government |
| John Galloway | Environment |
| Anne Marie Rossiter | Business |
| John O'Donnell | Community and Voluntary |
| John Fitzgerald | Farming |
| Donal Lehane | Social Inclusion |
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