COUNTY LONGFORD PUBLIC PARTICIPATION NETWORK GRANARD MUNICIPAL DISTRICT PLENARY MEETING OCTOBER 2016

MEETING SCHEDULE 8.00 pm Registration – Sign in 8.10 pm Welcome & Introduction 8.15 pm Recap : PPN’s - Siobhán Cronogue, PPN Development Officer 8. 20 pm Tess Murphy, Granard MD PPN Representative 8.25 pm Guest Speakers: Lorraine O'Connor, Longford County Council -Regeneration Plan Donal Mac An Bheatha, Longford County Council– Tourism Plan 8.55pm Q & A’s 9.10pm Round Table Discussions 9.30pm Close / Raffle Refreshments / Networking

Recap: How PPN’s came about and what PPN’s do Part of Local Government Reform Act 2014 Three main functions: Participation & Representation Information Sharing Capacity Building

PPN Structure Outline County Level PPN Municipal District Level PPN Secretariat Development Officer

Granard MD Representative Tess Murphy

Guest Speakers Lorraine O'Connor, Longford County Council -Regeneration Plan Donal Mac An Bheatha, Longford County Council– Tourism Plan

Q & A’s

Round Table Discussion Nominate a ‘facilitator’ and note-taker for your table Facilitator’s role –encourage everyone at the table to participate Write key points on the ‘feedback’ pages provided All information collected will be used by the secretariat to develop the PPN workplan 2017

Round Table Questions: What do you like about your community? What would you improve?

Close Raffle Refreshments / Networking