Economic Development Sub-Committee

The role of the Economic Development Sub-Committee is to provide a focal point for Economic Promotion of County Sligo and to monitor the implementation of the County Development Board’s Economic Development Strategy.

The following is an outline of the role of the Economic Development Sub-Committee:

• To maintain a positive attitude in the economic downturn;
• To develop an influencing role at local and regional levels;
• To remain strategic and influential and not become only another mechanism for service delivery;
• Co-operation/Co-ordination re: economic developments, including sharing between other County Development Boards and their respective economic sub-committees;
• Acting as the locally based inter-agency Task Force constituted in response to significant issues (e.g. closure of major businesses or development of specific economic initiatives) in line with any advice/guidelines from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment;
• Provide a focal point for economic promotion in the county;
• Provide a consultative mechanism to facilitate economic input to the drafting of the county/borough council development plan;
• Carry out such other relevant tasks as requested by the County Development Board, or national body;
• Have lead agencies for particular initiatives/actions as identified by the committee.

Membership of the committee is made up of all four sectors:

1. Local Government
2. Local Development
3. State Agencies
4. Social Partners

Back Row (L-R): Niall McEvoy, Carole Brenan, Frank Fox, Hugh MacConville, Peter Greene, John Reilly, Gabriel Browne
Front Row (L-R): Rita McNulty, Myriam Scanlon-Trill, Shaun Purcell (Chair), Michelle Yewlett

• Shaun Purcell Chairperson, County Sligo VEC
• Brian Scanlon Community Forum
• Carole Brenan Enterprise Ireland
• Councillor Jimmy McGarry Chair, CDB
• Councillor Jude Devins , Sligo Borough Council
• Frank Fox DSFA
• Hugh MacConville Trade Unions
• Ian Brannigan Western Development Commission
• Janette Gillen Institute of Technology, Sligo
• Joe McHugh IDA
• John Reilly County Enterprise Board
• Martin Henry Teagasc
• Michael Quigley Sligo LEADER Partnership Co
• Michelle Yewlett IDA
• Myriam Scanlon-Trill  FAS
• Niall McEvoy Institute of Technology, Sligo
• Noelle Cawley Failte Ireland
• Peter Greene Chamber of Commerce
• Rita McNulty Director of Services, Sligo County Council

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