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In 1998, the Government established an Inter-Departmental Task Force
to address the issue of the integration of the Local Government
and Development systems.
The Task Force issued two reports:
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Report
of the Task Force on the Integration of the Local Government
and Local Development Systems (August 1998). |
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“Preparing
the Ground” – Guidelines for the Progress from Strategy Group
to County/City Development Boards (April, 1999). |
Both of these
documents can be downloaded from www.cdb.ie
or are available from the Department of the Environment and Local
Government. The Task Force looked at how the activities of various
organisations could be co-ordinated in a more effective way at local
level. It identified that a major difficulty for planning and delivery
of public services at the local level is the absence of a single
template to guide the activities of the many public sector agencies
operating within the county. In order to address this, the Task
Force recommended the establishment of a County Development Board
in each county (or City Development Board in each city) which would
consist of broad sectoral representation and which would work towards
a single strategy for the county.
The Cork County
Development Board was established in March 2000.
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