Structure of CDB's

The Board structure for CDB’s is set down by the Dept of Environment, Heritage & Local Government, and is designed to bring together all the ‘players’ who are working to develop various aspects of life in the county.
There are four ‘pillars’ represented on the Board:

  • Local Authority– including elected members and the County Manager
  • Local Development – including County Enterprise Board, Monaghan Integrated Development (formerly LEADER and County Monaghan Partnership)
  • State Agencies – including VEC, FAS, Teagasc, the IDA, Enterprise Ireland, An Garda Siochána and the HSE
  • Social Partners – Farming organisations, Monaghan Community Forum, Trade unions & employers’ organisations

The representatives are appointed by various means:

  • Where an organisation has a permanent place on the Board, that organisation is asked to nominate a representative, usually its CEO or a very senior officer
  • The Elected Members are nominated by the Members
  • Monaghan Community Forum takes its two representatives from its Management Executive; one of the two reps always has a background in issues affecting disadvantaged people.

    • The CDB is re-constituted after each Local Election, so a Board sits for a term of 5 years. The Board was last re-constituted in summer 2009.

    Membership of Monaghan CDB

    The composition of the Board is laid out according to guidelines provided by the Dept of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government. The Board's term of office mirrors that of the County Council; that is, it is reconstituted every five years.
    The current Board took up its term of office in summer 2009. The members, the organisations they represent, and the 'pillar' they belong to are listed below.


    		 Name of Board Member Representing
    		Pillar

    		 Heinz Lorenz An Taisce
    		Social Partners

    		 Cllr Mark Clarke Carrickmacross Town Council
    		Local Authority

    		 Cllr David Maxwell Monaghan County Council
    		Local Authority

    		 Cllr Padraig McNally Monaghan County Council
    		Local Authority

    		 Cllr Matt Carthy Monaghan County Council
    		Local Authority

    		 Cllr Brian McKenna Monaghan County Council
    		Local Authority

    		 Declan Nelson County Manager
    		Local Authority

    		 Cllr Robbie Gallagher Monaghan County Council
    		Local Authority

    		 Cllr Seamus Treanor Monaghan Town Council
    		Local Authority

    		 Breda McKenna County Childcare Committee
    		Local Development

    		 Gabriel O Connell Monaghan Integrated Development
    		Local Development

    		 John McEntegart County Enterprise Board
    		Local Development

    		 Dennis Durcan Monaghan Integrated Development
    		Local Development

    		 Colm McBride Monaghan Chamber of Commerce
    		Social Partners

    		 Seamus Traynor IFA
    		Social Partners

    		 Malachy Marron Monaghan Community Forum
    		Social Partners

    		 Breege Lenihan Monaghan Community Forum
    		Social Partners

    		 Jim Mullery Trade Unions
    		Social Partners

    		 Brendan Casey HSE
    		State Agency

    		 Chief Supt Colm Rooney An Garda Siochana
    		State Agency

    		 Paul Dolan Dept of Education & Science
    		State Agency

    		 Pat Doherty IDA
    		State Agency

    		 Martin Donnelly Failte Ireland North West
    		State Agency

    		 Martin O Brien Monaghan VEC
    		State Agency

    		 Leo Sharkey Teagasc
    		State Agency

    		 Paddy McKeever Dept of Social & Family Affairs
    		State Agency

    		 Ann Caldwell Enterprise Ireland
    		State Agency

    		 Ray Kelly FAS
    		State Agency
     
    group photo taken at Board meeting in 2009

    Members and staff of Monaghan County Development Board, pictured at a Board meeting in April 2009.

    Back l to r: Brendan Casey (HSE), Malachy Marron (Community Forum), Paul Dolan (Dept of Education & Science), Moya Lynch (VEC) , Cllr Sean Conlon, Seamus Traynor (IFA), Cllr Patrick McKenna, Ray Kelly (FAS), Carol Lambe (staff), Cllr David Maxwell
    Front l to r: Teresa McGoohan (Co Childcare Ctee), Pat Doherty (IDA), Paddy McKeever (Dept of Social & Family Affairs) , Ann Caldwell (Enterprise Ireland), Cllr Matt Carthy, Adge King (staff), Gerry O Toole (County Enterprise Board), Cyril Carthy (Teagasc), Bernie Bradley (staff)

    Monaghan County Development Board

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