Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 November 2012
202. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the County and City Enterprise Boards Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50567/12]
View answerThe drafting of a County and City Enterprise Boards Bill, dealing with the dissolution of County and City Enterprise Boards and facilitating the creation of Local Enterprise Offices in local authorities, will be a matter for the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. I do not anticipate that the Bill will make any provision in relation to Local Development Companies.
The range of reforms set out in Putting People First, to which the Question also refers, will draw on the capacity of both the local development and the local government sectors. While these reforms will be challenging for all sectors, they are targeted at greater efficiency and effectiveness of services for citizens and communities.
In the past, significant funding has been provided to local development bodies to deliver programmes on behalf of the State and Putting People First envisages a continuation of the local development model. However, the delivery of local and community development activities will have an increased focus on front-line services with greater efficiencies in the administration of programmes.
