LCDC Membership

LCDC Membership

Local Community Development Committee structure and membership

Based on a 40 Local Authority Membership, 19 people sit on the LCDC for Meath

Membership 51% Non Statutory and 49% Statutory

Statutory Sector (9)

  • Kieran Kehoe -  Chief Executive, Meath County Council                
  • Cllr Eddie Fennessy -  Meath County Council
  • Cllr Maria Murphy -  Meath County Council
  • Cllr Padraig Coffey -  Meath County Council 
  • Sharon Curran -  Department of Social Protection
  • Sadie Ward McDermott -  Louth/Meath Education & Training Board
  • Johann McKeever -  Health Service Executive
  • Sean O'Coisdealbha - Údaras na Gaeltactha 
  • Joe English -  Local Enterprise Office

Non-Statutory Sector (10)

  • Colin Ludlow -  Meath Partnership
  • Garret O’Brien -  Community Sector
  • Nicky Bowman - Community Sector
  • Aileen Brady -  Social Inclusion
  • Shola Yahya -  Social Inclusion
  • Ciara Burke -  Chambers of Commerce 
  • Vacant -  Environmental Sector
  • Seamus McGee -  Farming Sector
  • Noel Maguire - Trade Union Sector
  • Geraldine Hogarty -  Youth Work Ireland

LCDC Chief Officer

  • Mr Brian Hora, 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)
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