Louth County Council have developed a Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) Scheme for the newly elected council and are inviting submissions from the public.
As a Local Authority Louth County Council has a wide range of statutory and service obligations which it carries out on behalf of and for the benefit of the people of County Louth.
The Council formulates and adopts policy and is assisted and supported in this work by several committees called Strategic Policy Committees.
Following the local elections held in June 2024, each Local Authority is required to establish new Strategic Policy Committees in line with the revised Guidelines published by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in June 2024.
The role of SPCs, as committees of the council, is to advise and assist the council in the formulation, development and review of policy. The SPC system is intended to give councillors and relevant sectoral interests an opportunity for full involvement in the policy making process from the early stages.
SPC’s have an important role as they involve both elected members of the council, and people actively working with social, economic, cultural and environmental bodies to develop and review policies related to council services.
There are five SPCs in Louth, responsible for each of the following: Economic Development and Enterprise Supports, Strategic Planning, Community and Placemaking, Social Development, and Sustainability.
Louth County Council’s SPC Scheme will agree the sectoral representation from other bodies, ensuring vital knowledge and experience support decision making.
When adopted SPCs will run for the lifespan of the current council 2024-2029. Louth County Council welcomes any suggestions on the SPC scheme, which is now open for public consultation until 5.00pm on 6th September 2024.
Submissions should be emailed to spcscheme2024@louthcoco.ie
