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“Irish Built Environment: Critical Issues for Local Government”
27th June 2011David Byrne
Senior Architect
Fingal County Council
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Fingal
• Area – 450 sq.km• Location –
North County Dublin• Bordered by –
Dublin CitySouth County DublinMeathKildare
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Fingal - Population
• 239,813 citizens• 4th largest Local Authority• 22.2% population growth
2002-2006• Fastest growing• Youngest• Blanchardstown, Swords
and Balbriggan are key growth centres
2006 Census, CSO
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The Challenge
The challenge is to plan for and facilitate the building and maintenance of better, more sustainable cities, towns and villages; the safeguarding of our rural communities and landscapes; the making of better houses, schools, hospitals and all sorts of public buildings with better access; the best management of our built heritage; and our natural heritage
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Summary Position for Local Authorities
• Critical Infrastructure• Unfinished Residential Development• Further development of Building
regulations • Public Policy• Resources• Organisational Change
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• Water • Transport (Metro North and West; Rail interconnector)
• Potential for industrial development and inward investment.
• Roads maintenance • Waste management • Waste water management • Electrical power • Broadband
Critical infrastructure
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National Housing Agency Survey 2010
• Not the scale of problem in Fingal as elsewhere
• Some issues in the Growth areas, range from unfinished roads to a small number of unfinished houses
• Need to make careful decisions based on location, sustainability and value for money in finishing.
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Public Policy• Finance - getting better value for money
• Housing - New Policy paper of [June 2011] - Step change
• Public Health – Institute of Public Health: guidance on Health Impacts and the built Environment [2007]
• Department of Environment - Urban Design Manual [2010]
• Housing Design – Suite of Design Guidelines on Planning, Urban Design and House Design for sustainability
• Part L of Building regulations - Department of Environment
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Finance is a critical ingredient• Caps on Capital and Revenue expenditure
• Decline of Local Government Support Fund Allocation
• Downward pressure on rates • Challenge of doing more for less - doing small things well, in a way that can be repeated
• Resources and procurement
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Capital Expenditure
€168.00m
€408.30m
€0.00m €100.00m €200.00m €300.00m €400.00m €500.00m
2011
2008
2008 - 2011
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The Staff Challenge
• Overall staff numbers have declined by 10% due to non-renewal of contracts and early retirements
• Staff nos in environmental service departments
e.g. Architect's down nearly 25%• Scope to procure external expertise is limited
• Issue not simply one of loss of numbers, but also one of loss of experience and knowledge
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2008 - 2011
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Traditional Functions
Traditional Functions:
Housing Transportation Water Services Planning Environment Waste Management Economic Development Community, Recreation & Amenities Architects Information Technology
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Total Council Staff 1723
(includes 95 school wardens)
Planning & Development
110
Environment242
Community, Recreation &
Amenity393
9
Services
31
Finance, Corporate, HR and IT
202
Law24Architects
44
Water Services
248
Transport291
(including 95 School Wardens)
Housing129
January 2008
1556 FTE
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• Change from several "functional " Departments to a more "outcome" based structure.
• More cross-disciplinary working • More evidence based decision making (GBI)
Supporting the day-to-day functioning of the organisation
Delivery of local services locally
Centrally- delivered and
strategic services
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Operational
March 2011
Corporate
Strategic
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Dublin shortlisted for World Design Capital
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“Irish Built Environment: Critical Issues for Local Government”
27th June 2011David Byrne
Senior Architect
Fingal County Council