CORPORATE SERVICES

Seirbhisi Corparaideacha

Location: First Floor, Courthouse.

Address: Courthouse, Roscommon.

Email: corporateservices@roscommoncoco.ie

Telephone No: (090) 6637140 (General)

Fax No: (090) 6637108

Corporate Services provides a secretariat service for meetings of Roscommon County Council and its Committees. Training, Conference bookings and payments for the Elected Members are processed in this section. Other services provided include

Roscommon County Council Elected Members

There are 26 elected members, County Councillors, in Roscommon County Council representing the six electoral areas of Athlone, Boyle, Castlerea, Roscommon and Strokestown. The members are elected on a five yearly basis, the last election being held in 2009. The members who were elected on a local basis are well placed to develop policies for the delivery of our services throughout the county. Meetings are held on a regular monthly basis to formulate policy and to discuss issues relating to the community. In accordance with Standing Orders Council Meetings are held on the fourth Monday from January to November (excluding August) and third Monday in December in the Council Chamber, Courthouse, Roscommon. There were twelve meetings held during the year 2009. At the 2009 AGM Cllr. Tony Ward was elected Mayor and Cllr. Jimmy Kenny was elected Deputy Mayor.

Training and Conferences Elected Members

The Corporate Services section is responsible for booking training courses and seminars and for processing the expenses payments for the 26 Elected Members of Roscommon County Council.

Safety Health and Welfare at Work

As an employer of over 700 personnel, it is the aim of Roscommon County Council to ensure the safety, health and welfare of all persons at work. Roscommon County Council employs Safety Officer, Ann Conneally.

Current health and safety targets include:

Increase the awareness of health and safety issues throughout the workforce.
Assessment of the safety training needs of the workforce and the development of appropriate training initiatives.

Each person must work to ensure that a positive safety culture is developed in Roscommon County Council, where health and safety issues are integrated into business management and daily operations.

Contact: Safety Officer
Corporate Services Section
Roscommon County Council
The Courthouse
Roscommon
Telephone: 090 6637371
E-mail: safetyofficer@roscommoncoco.ie

Derelict Sites

A derelict site means any land which detracts, or is likely to detract, to a material degree from the amenity, character or appearance of land in the neighbourhood of the land in question because of:

The existence on the land in question of structures which are in a ruinous, derelict or dangerous condition, or
The neglected unsightly or objectionable condition of the land or any structures on the land or
The presence, deposit or collection on the land of any litter, rubbish, debris or waste (except where it is allowed by right).

The Derelict Act 1990 provides for effective arrangements against land dereliction. The Act requires local authorities to maintain a register of derelict sites under Section 3 of the Act. 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.

As at 30th June 2008, there were 11 derelict sites on the Derelict Site Register in Roscommon.

Contact: Corporate Services Section
Roscommon County Council
The Courthouse
Roscommon
Telephone: 090 6637367
E-mail: mcox@roscommoncoco.ie

Dog Control

Under the provisions of the control of Dogs Act, 1986, the Local Authority is responsible for the control of Dogs in the County of Roscommon. This task is undertaken in association with the I.S.P.C.A. Roscommon County Council's direct contribution to the I.S.P.C.A. in 2006 was €96800.00. A total of 327 stray/unwanted dogs were handled at the pound, 7 were reclaimed, 219 were allocated new homes, regrettably 101 had to be put down and 0 remained at dog pound at 31st December 2006.

All dog owners are required by law to have a current dog licence which can be purchased from any post office at a cost of €12.70. The income from Dog Licences in 2006 was €40,953 and the income from fines was €540. A major poster campaign to all householders in County Roscommon took place in 2006 to raise awareness of the duties of dog owners under the Control of Dogs Act 1986-1992 and under the Litter Pollution Act 1977.

Contact: Corporate Services Section
Roscommon County Council
The Courthouse
Roscommon
Telephone: 090 6637368
E-mail: corporateservices@roscommoncoco.ie

Veterinary Services

Roscommon County Council operates a service contract with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (F.S.A.I.). Under this contract Roscommon County Council has agreed to provide veterinary supervision of the domestic abattoirs and Stand Alone Meat Manufacturing Plant in the county. The Food Safety Authority is a national regulatory body responsible for protecting consumers by ensuring that food consumed, distributed, marketed or produced in Ireland meets the highest standards of food safety and hygiene. At the end of 2005 there were 12 abattoirs under the supervision of Roscommon County Council. The supervision is carried out by the County Veterinary Officer Michael Leyden, and six Temporary Veterinary Inspectors (T.V.I.). All animals are inspected ante-mortem to ensure they are healthy and fit for slaughter and the traceability is verified. All slaughtered animals are inspected post-mortem to ensure the meat is fit for human consumption. All passed meat is stamped with a health mark consisting of a triangle with the word approved, the county letters RN and the approval number of the premises where it was killed. Locally produced meat is a high quality, fully traceable product from young animals with a short food chain from farm to fork.

In 2006 there were 4,232 cattle and 11,469 sheep slaughtered in Local Authority supervised abattoirs in County Roscommon. At the end of 2006 there were 5 Stand Alone Meat Plants under the supervision of Roscommon County Council. These plants are working towards approval by and registration with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (F.S.A.I.).

Contact: Michael Leyden
Veterinary Officer
Corporate Services Section
Roscommon County Council
The Courthouse
Roscommon
Telephone: 090 6637382
E-mail: mleyden@roscommoncoco.ie

Civic Receptions

Roscommon County Council acknowledges the successes of the citizens of County Roscommon and achievements in sport, business and community work are honoured in the Civic Receptions we organise. Citizens are nominated by Members of Roscommon County Council and we hold two Civic Receptions per year on average.