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Strategic Policy Committees

North Tipperary County Council, at its Annual Meeting held on the 19th June 2009, decided to establish four Strategic Policy Committees and appointed Cllr. Jonathan Meaney, Cllr. Eddie Moran, Cllr. Michael Smith and Cllr. Pauline Coonan as the Chairs Designate of the Committees.

Each SPC is comprised of elected Councillors and sectoral (or non-elected) representatives. Each SPC has its own Chairperson (who must be a Member of the Council and is appointed by the Council) and is supported by a Director of Services (a full time official of the Council) and his/her staff. The SPCs meet on a regular basis, as is necessitated by the workload allocated to them.

The role of the SPCs is to formulate, develop and review policies for their respective areas of responsibility. However, the Council retains its function as the decision-making authority and makes the final decision on all matters of policy. It is the responsibility of the SPCs to provide advice and make recommendations on policy matters through the Chairperson of the SPC to the full Council.

It should be noted that while the policy formulation role is central to each SPC, they do not have a role in respect of the day to day operation of the Council or other non-policy matters.

New Strategic Policy Committees must be established following the local elections that take place every 5 years.

Strategic Policy Committee Scheme 2009 - 2014 - Pdf Document (52KB)