South Dublin

During April and May, community workshops will be held to facilitate the generation of ideas. This initiative was first launched in the Lucan Electoral Area in 2017 and continued in the Clondalkin Electoral Area in 2018, Firhouse-Bohernabreena in 2019, Tallaght Central in 2021, Rathfarnham-Templeogue in 2022, the results of which you can view on the Past Winners page. Participatory Budgeting gives you and your neighbours the power to improve your area as a place to live, work and play. It is empowering, civic-minded and fun. It is also educational, fair and transparent. Yes. This is €300,000 additional real money over and above the normal yearly budget for your area. It was decided to pilot this initiative in one area in 2017 with the Lucan Electoral Area (Lucan, Adamstown and Palmerstown) chosen by lot at a public meeting of the Council. Following a successful pilot, the Clondalkin Electoral Area (Clondalkin, Rathcoole and Newcastle) was chosen by lot to benefit from the initiative in 2018. Firhouse - Bohernabreena was chosen from 2019 and Tallaght Central in 2021. Rathfarnham Templeogue was chosen for 2022. It is now being run in the Tallaght South-Saggart area for 2023. It is the function of the Councillors to adopt the Annual Budget of South Dublin County Council, including the identification of spending priorities. While Councillors are elected by the people to represent their views and work on their behalf, this is an ongoing process of consultative decision-making. In this instance, the Councillors decided to set aside €300,000 extra discretionary funds to allow citizens to directly identify their own priorities for their community. This initiative is in the interests of enhanced democracy and citizen consultation. You can the 2017 evaluation report from the Institute of Public Administration by clicking here . You can read the Our Public Service 2020 Engagement Case Study of €300k Have Your Say by clicking here .