Donegal
County Council has been happy to take a lead role with all the partners on
the County Development Board.
Donegal
County Council in common with other local authorities throughout
Ireland was given
responsibility for co-ordinating and facilitating the establishment and
operation of County Development Boards.For this purpose, the Council set
up a new Community, Culture and Enterprise Unit, which has been directly
responsible for providing this support.This Unit is now an integral part of
Donegal County Council’s activities.
The
CDB has enabled us to continue and to undertake key areas of work in an
integrated and co-ordinated manner.This work includes ongoing updating of the Donegal Unemployment
Task Force Report, working with relevant agencies on the North West
Gateway Initiative and work on the Gateway Innovation Fund.The CDB is also overseeing key
pilot initiatives such as the Integrated Children’s Services
Committee.Donegal is one of
four pilot areas in this initiative, which is being led by the HSE with
support from all CDB stakeholders.
I
wish to thank all elected members, various divisions within Donegal County
Council, the Local Development Agencies, the State Agencies Social
Partners and Community and Voluntary Sector for their work and
contributions to the work of the CDB and implementation of the
CountyStrategy.We are involved in delivering a
realistic implementation plan, which is being delivered to agreed
timetables and within available resources.Without this the Strategy would
have no credibility and will be viewed cynically as another one of those
elaborate plans that remained on the shelf.Each of the partners gave a clear
commitment that this would not be allowed to happen and the outputs being
achieved are testimony to their commitment and
effort.
Mr
Michael McLoone CountyManager February
2008
Fáilte – Mícheál Mac Giolla
Uain
Bainisteoir Contae,
Comhairle Chontae Dhún na nGall
Tá
Comhairle Chontae Dhún na nGall sásta go bhfuil ról tosaíochta glactha acu leis
na comhpháirtithe go léir ar Bhord Forbartha Chontae Dhún na nGall.
Tugadh
freagracht comhordanáideach agus éascaíochta do Chomhairle Chontae Dhún na
nGall, i gcomhpháirtíocht le húdarais áitiúla eile i nÉirinn, chun Boird
Forbartha Contaetha a bhunú agus a fheidhmiú. Chun seo a chomhlíonadh, bhunaigh
an Comhairle Contae an Rannóg Pobail, Cultúir agus Fiontair atá freagrach do
sholáthar seirbhísí go díreach. Tá an Rannóg seo mar príomhchuid de
ghníomhaíochta Chomhairle Chontae Dhún an nGall.
Bhéarfann
an BFC an chumas dúinn leanúint ar aghaidh agus na príomh oibríochta a
chomhlíonadh ar mhodh comhtháite agus comhordaithe. Níthear nuashonrúcháin
leanúnach ar Tuairisc Tascfhórsa Dífhostaíochta Dhún na nGall, obair le
gníomhaireachtaí ábhartha ar Thionscnamh Geata an Iarthuaiscirt agus obair ar
Chiste Geata Nuálaíochta. Tá an BFC ag maoirsiú ar príomh threoirthionscadail
mar an Coiste Seirbhísí Leanaí Comhtháite. Tá Dún na nGall ar cheann de na
ceithre limistéir ins an tionscnamh seo atá a stiúradh ag an HSE le tacaíocht ó
pháirtí leasmhara an BFC.
Is
mian liom buíochas a ghabhadh leis na baill tofa go léir, leis na ranna éagsúla
taobh istigh de Chomhairle Contae Dhún na nGall, leis na Gníomhaireachtaí
Forbartha Áitiúla, le Comhpháirtithe Sóisialta Gníomhaireachtaí Stáit agus an
Earnáil Pobail agus Deonach ar shon an obair agus tacaíocht d’obair an BFC agus
d’feidhmiú an Straitéis Contae. Tá muid ag obair ar phlean réadúil a
chomhlionadh a bheidh a sheachadadh de reir tráthchlár aontaithe agus acmhainní
infhaighte. Gan seo ní bheadh creidiúnacht ag an Straitéis agus dearcaithe go
soiniciúil mar phlean saothraithe eile curtha ar leataoibh ar an tseilf. Thug
gach páirtí tiomantas shoiléir nach gceadfaidh seo tarlú agus tá an méid bainte
amach go dtí seo ina fhianaise de na ndíogras agus de na ndícheall.
Mícheál
Mac Giolla Uain Bainisteoir
Contae Feabhra
2008
