LCDC Membership

Local Community Development Committee Structure

Based on a 40 Local Authority Membership, 19 persons to sit on LCDC for Meath

Membership 51% Non Statutory and 49% Statutory

 Statutory Sector (9)

• Ms Jackie Maguire, Chief Executive, MCC               
• Cllr Sharon Tolan
• Cllr Sinead Burke
• Cllr Sharon Keogan
• Ms Margaret Cranney, Department of Social Protection
• Ms Sadie Ward McDermott, Louth / Meath Education & Training Board
• Mr Tom Oxley, HSE
• Mr Tadhg Ó Conghaile, Údaras na Gaeltactha
• Mr Joe English, Local Enterprise Office

Non-Statutory Sector (10)

• Mr Michael Ludlow, Meath Partnership
• Mr Eamonn Cassells, Community Sector
• Mr John Higgins, Community Sector
• Ms Sheila Comiskey, Social Inclusion
• Ms Jacinta O'Sullivan, Social Inclusion
• Mr John V. Farrelly, Chambers of Commerce
• Ms Suzanne Brady, Environmental Sector
• Mr Seamus McGee, Farming Sector
• Mr Robert Bradley, Trade Union Sector
• Ms Geraldine Hogarty, Youth Work Ireland

LCDC Chief Officer

• Mr Barry Lynch, Meath County Council

Role of Members

• Co-ordinate, manage and oversee local development programmes within the county
• To ensure effectiveness, consistency and avoid duplication between public funded local development programmes
• Overseeing the Local Community Development Programme from July 2014, Local Development Committees to continue to operate them for 2014
• Responsible for management of the Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme (SICAP) from 2015
• Preparation of a Local Economic & Community Plan (LECP)