Annual Report 2011 - Roscommon County Council

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Corporate and Emergency Services Higher Education Grants Roscommon County Council administers the Higher Education Grants Scheme in 2011 for students entering 3rd level education. Candidates must be pursuing a full-time undergraduate course for a minimum of two year duration in a University or third level institution, which is maintained or assisted by recurrent grants from public funds in Ireland or another E.U. Member State, or full-time postgraduate courses for a minimum of 1 year in Ireland, including Northern Ireland. Terms and conditions apply. In 2011/2012 academic year, Roscommon County Council grant aided 619 students at undergraduate level and 87 postgraduate students. Almost €4m was paid on behalf of students. In addition, 145 students were eligible for the Special Rate of Maintenance (Top-Up) Grant. The Department of Education have announced that from September 2012 all new applicants for Higher Education Grants must apply to Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI – a division of the City of Dublin VEC). Local Authorities will continue to process renewal applications for students to whom they are already paying grants until those students have completed their current courses. Derelict Sites The Derelict Site Act 1990 provides for effective arrangements against land dereliction. Section 3 of the Act requires local authorities to maintain a register of derelict sites. In addition, it places a general duty on owners and occupiers of land including statutory bodies and state authorities to prevent land from becoming or from continuing to be a derelict site. The local authority must take all reasonable steps to ensure that land in their functional area does not become or continue to be a derelict site. Dog Control Under the provisions of the Control of Dogs Act 1986, the Local Authority is responsible for the control of dogs within the area of county Roscommon. This task is undertaken in association with the I.S.P.C.A. with direct contribution from Roscommon County Council’s of €97,754 in 2011. In 2011, 280 stray/unwanted dogs were handled at the dog pound: 30 were re-claimed by owners; 47 were allocated new homes and, regrettably, 203 had to be put down. All dog owners are required by law to have a current dog licence which can be purchased from any Post Office a cost of €20. 3,193 Dog Licences were issued in 2011 and the total income from licences and fines was €32,100. Veterinary Functions Roscommon County Council operates a service contract with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, F.S.A.I., to oversee food safety in 10 slaughterhouses and 7 stand-alone meat manufacturing plants. The supervision of slaughter is carried out by Roscommon County Council’s Veterinary Officer and Temporary Veterinary Inspectors, T.V.I.s. All animals are inspected ante-mortem to ensure they are healthy and fit for slaughter.The traceability of the animals is also verified. All slaughtered animals are inspected post-mortem to ensure the meat is fit for human consumption. All meat that has been passed as fit to eat is stamped with a health mark consisting of an oval with the letters Ireland, the approval number of the premises and the letters E.C. In 2011, 3,230 cattle and 6,592 sheep were slaughtered in Local Authority supervised slaughterhouses in county Roscommon. 28 Roscommon County Council
Corporate and Emergency Services Health and Safety The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005 requires employers, their representative management and employees alike to consider safety as a joint responsibility. It is the intention of Roscommon County Council to ensure as much as is reasonably practicable the safety, health and welfare of all its employees. The Health and Safety Work Programme for 2011 included the following: gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg Further development of the formalised Safety Management System and the Construction Project Management System Communication and co-operation enhancement Fulfilment of health and safety training requirements Monitoring of Safety Management System Fire Safety programme development Occupational Health and Welfare Program development Confined Spaces procedure development Manual Handling program development Freedom of Information The Freedom of Information Acts 1997-2003 enable members of the public to obtain, to the greatest extent possible consistent with the public interest and the right to privacy, access to information in the possession of public bodies. Specifically the Acts provide for: gg gg gg A legal right to access records held by public bodies. A legal right for every person to have personal information contained within a record amended where incomplete, incorrect or misleading. A legal right by persons to obtain reasons for decisions that affects them. Making a Request A person who wishes to exercise the right under the Freedom of Information Acts to access records held by Roscommon County Council is required to make a valid request. A valid request must: gg Be made in writing gg State that the request is being made under the Freedom of Information Acts 1997-2003 gg Contain sufficient particulars to enable the records concerned to be identified. In addition a standard fee of €15 is required for the making of a request to access records containing non-personal information. A reduced fee of €10 applies if the person making such a request possesses a medical card. Table 4: FOI Applications Received 2011 No. of Requests undetermined at 1st January 2011 0 No. of Requests received during 2011 25 No. of Requests granted 15 No. of Requests part granted 5 No. of Requests refused 3 No. of Requests Transferred, Withdrawn or dealt with outside of FOI 1 No. of Requests undetermined at 31st December 2011 1 Fire Services Annual Report 2011 29
Page 1 and 2: Roscommon County Council Comhairle
Page 3 and 4: Table of Contents Mayor’s Message
Page 5 and 6: Manager’s Introduction 2011 has b
Page 7 and 8: Members of Roscommon County Council
Page 9 and 10: Reports of the Strategic Policy Com
Page 11 and 12: Reports of the Strategic Policy Com
Page 13 and 14: Service Indicators 2011 F: FIRE SER
Page 15 and 16: Service Indicators 2011 WASTE MANAG
Page 17 and 18: Service Indicators 2011 LITTER E7:
Page 19 and 20: Service Indicators 2011 H6: Grants
Page 21 and 22: Service Indicators 2011 P: PLANNING
Page 23 and 24: Service Indicators 2011 G. Percenta
Page 25 and 26: Service Indicators 2011 E. Percenta
Page 27 and 28: Community and Enterprise Roscommon
Page 29: Corporate and Emergency Services Th
Page 33 and 34: Corporate and Emergency Services Ci
Page 35 and 36: Development Incentives and Control
Page 37 and 38: Development Incentives and Control
Page 39 and 40: Environmental Protection Roscommon
Page 41 and 42: Environmental Protection Overall wi
Page 43 and 44: Finance Balance Sheet at 31st Decem
Page 45 and 46: Finance How the Revenue Budget Was
Page 47 and 48: Housing and Building Rental Accommo
Page 49 and 50: Housing and Building Housing Loans
Page 51 and 52: Human Resources The Human Resources
Page 53 and 54: Human Resources Staff Training and
Page 55 and 56: Information Technology Roscommon Co
Page 57 and 58: Libraries, Arts, Culture and Herita
Page 59 and 60: Libraries, Arts, Culture and Herita
Page 61 and 62: Roads, Transportation and Safety Ro
Page 63 and 64: Roads, Transportation and Safety Pu
Page 65 and 66: Roads, Transportation and Safety gg
Page 67 and 68: Water Services The function of the
Page 69 and 70: Councillors’ Conferences Councill
Page 71 and 72: Councillors’ Conferences Conferen
Page 73 and 74: Councillors’ Committees List of E
Page 75 and 76: Senior Officers Roscommon County Co

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