Meath Local Community Development Committee is the Local Action Group (LAG) for the delivery of the LEADER Programme in County Meath for the programme period 2014 - 2020 and the transitional LEADER programme period 2021 - 2023.
The LCDC consists of both public and private sector partners from within the administrative boundary of the County and comprises 19 members, 10 from the private sector and nine from the public sector.
Membership 51% Non Statutory and 49% Statutory.
Statutory Sector (9)
- Mr Kieran Kehoe, Chief Executive, MCC
- Cllr Yemi Adenuga
- Cllr Elaine McGinty
- Cllr Mike Bray
- Ms Sharon Curran, Department of Employment Affairs & Social Protection
- Ms Sadie Ward McDermott, Louth / Meath Education & Training Board
- Ms Lorraine Flynn, HSE
- Mr Sean O Choisdealbha, Údaras na Gaeltactha
- Mr Joe English, Local Enterprise Office
Non-Statutory Sector (10)
- Mr Colin Ludlow, Meath Partnership
- Mr Garret O’Brien, Community Sector
- Ms Nicky Bowman, Community Sector
- Ms Aileen Brady, Social Inclusion
- Ms Shola Yahya, Community Sector
- Ms Ciara Burke, Business Sector
- Vacant, Environmental Sector
- Mr Seamus McGee, Farming Sector
- Mr Noel Maguire, Trade Union Sector
- Ms Geraldine Hogarty, Youth Work Ireland
LCDC Chief Officer
- Ms Fiona Fallon, 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)
