Minutes of the Economic, Enterprise & Tourism Development Strategic Policy Committee Meeting held on 12th March 2025 which had been circulated were considered. 

It was PROPOSED by Councillor K. Dennison and seconded by Councillor T. Murphy and RESOLVED:

“The minutes of the meetings of the 12^th of March 2025 be ADOPTED.”

It was AGREED by Chairperson, Councillor K. Dennison, and the Members to vary the order of business and take this item 5 first.

Anthony McGuinness and Caroline Power from Dublin Place Brand gave a presentation on The Dublin Place Brand. This is a brand which is comprised of all 4 Dublin Local Authorities and aims to aid economic development and promote Dublin as a place to live, work, invest, and study. The presentation detailed successful past events, upcoming events and figures from their recent LinkedIn campaign. Members wanted to ensure that Fingal would be equally represented in this brand.

The presentation was Noted.

John Quinlivan, Director of Services, presented a report updating members on to various deliverables set out in the programme as well as key milestones and developments across numerous sections.

The report was NOTED.

Declan Power, Senior Executive Officer, gave a presentation on the Events Programme for 2025, detailing expected cost for major events this year vs last year and informed members of all income streams for events. The strategic vision of Flavours of Fingal was discussed at length including a range of potential/indicative alternatives. John Quinlivan, Director of Services, undertook to take on board members comments, explore the options further and present clear proposals to September’s SPC meeting for discussion.

The Members AGREED the next steps and the presentation was NOTED.

Aoife Sheridan, Senior Executive Officer presented the Future Fingal: Sustainable Fingal Strategy which outlined steps taken to date and a timeline for implementation of this initiative.  The project will commence in June 2025 with an initial assessment and GAP analysis taking place over the Summer. A draft strategy will be presented at the September SPC meeting with adoption by Council planned for November 2025.

The presentation was NOTED.

“That the Chief Executive explore and encourage opportunities for inclusive training and employment, using the Happy Out Café at Dún Laoghaire Baths as an example of what could potentially be done in Fingal.”

The attached motion, in the name of Councillor S. Shovlin was proposed by Councillor S. Shovlin and seconded by Councillor K. Dennison.

A report was provided by Aoife Sheridan, Senior Executive Officer.

The report was ACCEPTED.

The attached motion, in the name of Councillor J. Humphreys was DEFFERED until the September Stratgeic Policy Committee Meeting.

Chairperson Councillor K. Dennison thanked all the members of the SPC for attending. 

NEXT MEETING:

The next meeting of the Economic Enterprise & Tourism & Cultural Development Strategic Policy Committee will take place on Tuesday 9^th September. Location TBC.