Minutes of the Economic, Enterprise & Tourism Development Strategic Policy Committee Meeting held on 12th September 2023 which had been circulated were considered. 

 

It wasPROPOSED by Councillor D. Butler andseconded byCouncillor I. Carey and RESOLVED:

 

“The minutesof the meetingsof the 30^th of November 2023 be ADOPTED.”

 

 

John Quinlivan, Director of Services, outlined in a presentation the Policy & Strategy updates / implementations, Policy Developments & Reviews and Town Regeneration for the following areas:

 

Tourism Strategy.                         Tourism Strategy launched February 2024;

implementation procurement underway.

 

 

Food Policy.                                     Launch scheduled for June 2024.

 

 

Local Economic

& Community Plan.                      LECP adopted in January 2024 and launched in

February 2024. Implementation commencing.

 

Economic Development

Strategy.                                          Economic Development Strategy adopted in

February 2024. Preparing for a launch event in April 2024.

 

Dublin Belfast

Economic Corridor.                      EI Smart Regions Funding Streams being reviewed to advance recommendations of Shared Island funded

Feasibility Study on Innovation Hubs in DBEC Region.

Skills Research Audit across DBEC Region in progress with Working Group.

 

Local Development

Strategy.                                         New Leader Development Strategy approved and implementation programme commencing in March 2024 with Information Sessions scheduled in Fingal on Tuesday 12th March at 5pm in Lusk Cultural Centre.

 

New Dublin Rural LAG met in February for briefing on new LDS.

 

A call is out for suitably skilled members to participate on the LAG’s Independent Evaluation

Committee.

 

Development of

Economic Zones                           Work in progress on the preparation of Stephenstown Framework Plan in Balbriggan.

 

Lands at Cherryhound in preparation to be brought to market in 2024.

 

Industrial Estate                           Update to be delivered in September 2024

Improvement

Programme

 

 

Enterprise Development            Update to be delivered in 2024.

& Support

 

 

Policy Development & Review -

Sustainable Fingal/Circular

Cities Strategy                               Update to be delivered in November 2024.

 

 

Review of Fingal

Skills Strategy                                Sectoral sub-groups met in January to agree

priorities for 2024.

Consultants being appointed for the next iteration of the Strategy in March 2024. Stakeholder consultations anticipated to commence in April 2024.

 

Xplore Your Future Expo scheduled in The Helix on Tuesday 15th October 2024 – procurement underway for various services required & consultation in progress with stakeholders.

 

Review of

Events Strategy                             Approaching completion. Update to be delivered in June 2024.

 

Review of Heritage

Property /Visitor

Attraction Strategy                      Approaching completion. Update to be delivered in June 2024.

 

 

 

Fingal Economic &

Tourism Development

Marketing Strategy                      Economic Marketing Plan in development.

Update to be delivered in September 2024.

 

Tourism Marketing plan to be developed as part of Tourism Strategy implementation.

 

Town Regeneration

Review / Development

of Town Centre First.                   The formation and structure of the Town

Regeneration Office has now been completed with the integration and inclusion of Our Balbriggan Rejuvenation Project, Town Centre First Measures, URDF, RRDF, Town and Village Renewal Schemes, URDF Revolving Vacant Property Acquisitions Fund, and Derelict Sites. An Update on the new Town Regeneration Office will be brought to the SPC in Q3

 

Regeneration Plans

for Towns & Villages.                   The Town Centre First Plan for Lusk is at Draft Stage awaiting sign off. It is expected that a presentation on the Completed Plan will be brought to the SPC in Quarter 2.

 

Rush has been selected by the DRCD as Fingal’s second Town Centre First Town and procurement for a consultant for that plan will begin shortly.

 

 

The report was NOTED. 

 

Presentation by Toni Hogan, Senior Staff Officer. Report outlined the work of the Fingal Skills Strategy Implementation Group throughout 2023 in line with the Action Plan focused on the delivery of the following objectives: 

 

Information, Promotion, Raising Awareness.

1.    Fingal Skills Strategy support meetings/engagement: 

·       Dublin Regional Skills Forum

·       Balbriggan Loves Learning Festival

·       Education Skills and Training Pillar Group – Balbriggan Regeneration Office

2.    LAMA Awards.

·       Nominated: Fingal Skills Strategy: Balbriggan School Mentoring Programme

3.    PROJECT SKYLA

·       SKYLA Partners visit to Fingal November 2023

4.    Xplore Your Future 2023

 

The report was NOTED.

John Quinlivan, Director of Services, noted that the March 2024 SPC would be the last SPC for the current group before the Local Elections.  

 

Chairperson Councillor Darragh Butler thanked all the members of the SPC for all the hard work.