Strategic Policy Committee Scheme 2019 – 2024 (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 Public Participation Network(PPN) 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 2019 Meeting.
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.
Training will be provided for SPC members. The operation of all SPCs will be carried out as outlined in Circular LG 07/2014 on the ‘Establishment of New Strategic Policy Committees (SPCs)’.
Economic Development and Enterprise SPC - Chair: Cllr. Pat Nugent |
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| Name | Sector |
| Cllr. Lola Sullivan | Local Government |
| Cllr. Ger Barron | Local Government |
| Cllr. Mary Roche | Local Government |
| Cllr. Pat Fitzgerald | Local Government |
| Cllr. Conor D. McGuinness | Local Government |
| Cllr. Thomas Phelan | Local Government |
| Cllr. Cristiona Kiely | Local Government |
| Cllr. Stephanie Keating | Local Government |
| Oren Byrne | Business |
| David Lane | Trade Union |
| Kevin Kiersey | Farming |
| Maoliosa Ni Chleirigh | Environment |
| Garrett Wyse | Social Inclusion |
| Gerty Murphy | Community & Voluntary |
| Environment, Biodiversity and Climate Action SPC - Chair: Cllr. Pat Fitzgerald Fergus Galvin - Director of Services |
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| Name | Sector |
| Cllr. Pat Fitzgerald (Chair) | Local Government |
| Cllr. Jim Griffin | Local Government |
| Cllr. Cristiona Kiely | Local Government |
| Cllr. Ger Barron | Local Government |
| Cllr. Damien Geoghegan | Local Government |
| Cllr. Joeanne Bailey | Local Government |
| Cllr. Joe Kelly | Local Government |
| Cllr. John Hearne | Local Government |
| Tom Hogan | Trade Union |
| Laura O’Brien Forbes | Farming |
| Ithel McKenna | Environment |
| Obianuju Ekedozie | Social Inclusion |
| Bríd O’Heir | Community & Voluntary |
| Transportation & Infrastructure SPC - Chair: Cllr. Seamus O'Donnell Fergus Galvin - Director of Services |
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| Name | Sector |
| Cllr. Seamus O'Donnell (Chair) | Local Government |
| Cllr. Joe Conway | Local Government |
| Cllr. Joe Kelly | Local Government |
| Cllr. John O'Leary | Local Government |
| Cllr. Jody Power | Local Government |
| Cllr. Declan Doocey | Local Government |
| Cllr. Jim Griffin | Local Government |
| Cllr. Mary Roche | Local Government |
| Thomas Holden | Development/Construction (CIF) |
| Marian Walsh | Business/Commercial |
| Elaine Mullan | Environment |
| Farid Ahmad Mohamman | Social Inclusion |
| Jim Farnan | Community and Voluntary |
| Housing, Community, Culture, Fire, Sport & Recreation SPC - Chair: Cllr. Eamonn Quinlan Ivan Grimes - Director of Services |
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| Name | Sector |
| Cllr. Donal Barry | Local Government |
| Cllr. Joeanne Bailey | Local Government |
| Cllr. Conor D. McGuinness | Local Government |
| Cllr. Damien Geoghegan | Local Government |
| Cllr. Jason Murphy | Local Government |
| Cllr. John Pratt | Local Government |
| Cllr. Séamus Ryan | Local Government |
| Cllr. Eamon Quinlan | Local Government |
| Richie McDonald | Development/Construction (CIF) |
| Rosemary Kennedy | Community and Voluntary |
| Vince Rellis | Social Inclusion |
| Una Dunphy | Trade Union |
| Mike Farrell | Environment |
| Planning SPC - Chair: Cllr. Thomas Phelan Kieran Kehoe - Director of Services |
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| Name | Sector |
| Cllr. Thomas Phelan(Chair) | Local Government |
| Cllr. Liam Brazil | Local Government |
| Cllr. Tom Cronin | Local Government |
| Cllr. Seánie Power | Local Government |
| Cllr. Eamon Quinlan | Local Government |
| Cllr. Frank Quinlan | Local Government |
| Vacancy | Local Government |
| Vacancy | Local Government |
| Sean Carey | Development/Construction (CIF) |
| John Galloway | Environment |
| John Heffernan | Farming |
| Niall Harrington | Business |
| Mary O'Halloran | Community and Voluntary |
| Donal Lehane | Social Inclusion |
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