REPORTS, ANALYSIS, RESPONSES
The following are links to 30 or so online news reports, academic articles and Government papers. Along with our own sources and a review or Oireachtas debates, they helped inform 'Changing Ireland's reportage on local government reform and the debate around 'alignment':
‘Final
Report of the Local Government/Local Development Alignment Steering Group,
March 2012’
http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/LocalGovernment/Administration/FileDownLoad,31308,en.pdf
‘A
Guide to Putting People First’
‘Putting
People First’
OR http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/LocalGovernment/Administration/FileDownLoad,31309,en.pdf
(Note: This link was broken as of mid-May 2013)
‘Putting
in Place Jobs that Last - A Guide to Rebuilding Quality Employment at Local
Level’, by Francesca Froy and Sylvain Giguère, published in OECD LEED Working
Papers, 2010/13.
Report
on Local Authority Support to Economic Development
- County and City Managers’ Association.
Supporting
Enterprise, Local Development and Economic Growth – Analysis of Local Authority
Activities for 2012
-
a report from the County and City Managers’ Association.
‘Responding
to Alignment / Putting People First – Position on Key Proposals’
-
ILDN, November 2012
‘Alignment,
Autonomy and Accountability? What now for Community Development?’
-
a report from a conference in November 2012 in NUI Maynooth
‘Putting
People First: Ensuring Community Development in a post-alignment era’
–
proposals by the Community Workers’ Co-op.
ICSA
Submission on the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, January 2013
‘Social Change Community Education – Where Are We Now?’ by Camilla Fitzsimons in the Irish Review
of Community Economic Development Law and Policy, Vol 1, Issue 4, 2012, published by the Northside Community Law &
Mediation Centre, Coolock, Dublin.
‘The
Current Status of the Community Sector’ – A Presentation to the Community
Education Network, 21st November, 2012.
‘Local
Development in Ireland - Partnership,
Innovation and Social Justice’, a report for OECD LEED, by Charles F Sabel,
published in 1996.
‘Alignment of
Local Government and Local Development’, by Seán O’Riordan and
Associates, November 15, 2012.
‘Local Government in Times of Austerity – Reflections on Ireland’, by Dr
Brendan O’Keeffe
of Mary I College, UL, published
in 2012.
PUBLIC
DEBATE
Hogan
promises democratic local development
-
Irish Examiner, February 07, 2013
http://www.irishexaminer.com/farming/general/hogan-promises-democratic-local-development-221965.html
Ministers
stunned by salaries of CEOs and staff at 'Leader' firms
- John Drennan, Sunday Independent, May
12, 2013
Debra
Mountford, Senior Policy Analyst OECD, on the potential benefits for Ireland
from Local Government reform and on the emerging issues for Ireland from the
review of local development currently being conducted by the OECD LEED team.
IFA
says Government Alignment Policy will negatively impact on Leader
Government
warned of dangers of “politicising” community funding if transferred to local
authorities; EU supports current community-led model
-
Irish Times, Tues, May 14, 2013
Irish Times’ letters page: Guarding community
development
http://www.irishtimes.com/debate/letters/guarding-community-development-1.1338226
(Letter from academics)
and http://www.irishtimes.com/debate/letters/guarding-community-development-1.1340636
(Minister Hogan’s response)
Opposition grows to imminent shake up of LEADER Mayo
- Connaught Telegraph, Tues, April 2, 2013
Bitter debate over role of partnerships
- Kerryman, March 13, 2013
Leave LDC to administer Community and Rural
Development Programmes
- Leitrim Observer
People
power prevalent at LEADER public meeting
-
Toni Bourke, Mayo Advertiser, April 12, 2013
The alignment of local government and local
development
- The blog for Aine Collins TD
http://ainecollins.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/the-alignment-of-local-government-and-local-development/
Clare
Local Development Company opposes Government plans
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