Kerry County Development Board
The Kerry County Development Board is a multi-agency body set up to co-ordinate and integrate the planning and delivery of services by state and state funded agencies.
The thirty nine members who sit on the Board represent local authority, local development agencies, state agencies and the social partners. It one of thirty four such boards was established in accordance with Section 129 of the Local Government Act, 2001 with the objective of developing a County Strategy for the economic, social and cultural development of the County. It is a statutory body which operates under the aegis of the County Council, but is otherwise independent in the operation of its functions.
The County Strategy: ‘Meitheal Chiarraí – Working Together for our Future’ represents a set of agreed priorities by all public and local agencies in Kerry. The Strategy, which was reviewed in 2009, is a statutory document; this means that all public agencies must have regard to the Strategy in developing and implementing their own plans and programmes.
The Kerry County Development Board does not, itself, directly implement the County Strategy but relies on the agencies and organisations operating within the County to deliver and take responsibility for specific elements of implementation.
The Board meets once a quarter. An executive of the Board (made up of two representatives from each sector) meets between Board meetings to help with decision making and agree items to be placed on the agenda of each full Board meeting. The various sub-committees of the Board (approximately thirteen) also meet on a regular basis.
Kerry County Development Board website
Contact Information
Office of Director of Community & Enterprise
County Buildings, Tralee,
Co. Kerry
Tel: (066) 7183680
Fax: (066) 7183678
E-Mail: cdb@kerrycoco.ie
