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7 October '19
Motion

"That this Council agrees to pilot a participatory budget instead of a discretionary fund in one of our 5 areas. A participatory budget would facilitate citizens in local communities to directly decide how to spend the discretionary budget in their area. It would give citizens the direct power to determine spending priorities to improve their community/area."

"Participatory Budgeting gives people the power to improve their area and it is empowering, civic minded, educational, fair and transparent. Participatory budgeting is recognised internationally as a way for people to have a direct say in how local money is spent. I believe that it would be a tool for community engagement and for developing participatory democracy in our city. It was done as a pilot in areas of South County Dublin Local Authority, and proved very successful. We could follow their model or tweak to suit us."

None recorded
Passed by rollcall vote
  • Críona Ní Dhálaigh
  • Attached PDF
None recorded
  • finance
  • Should Dubliners Get to Decide How Part of the City's Budget is Spent? / dublininquirer.com / 28 Nov '18
  • Council Briefs: Participatory Budgeting, Co-living at Spencer Place, Protecting "Horse Boy" and More / dublininquirer.com / 9 Oct '19
For
48 councillors
  • Daryl Barron
  • Racheal Batten
  • Janice Boylan
  • Christy Burke
  • Danny Byrne
  • Mary Callaghan
  • Hazel Chu
  • Anthony Connaghan
  • Keith Connolly
  • Caroline Conroy
  • Deirdre Conroy
  • Donna Cooney
  • Joe Costello
  • Patrick Costello
  • Tara Deacy
  • Críona Ní Dhálaigh
  • Mícheál Mac Donncha
  • Kevin Donoghue
  • Daithí Doolan
  • Pat Dunne
  • Anne Feeney
  • Mary Fitzpatrick
  • Declan Flanagan
  • Terence Flanagan
  • Anthony Flynn
  • Gary Gannon
  • James Geoghegan
  • Alison Gilliland
  • Lawrence Hemmings
  • Janet Horner
  • Neasa Hourigan
  • John Lyons
  • Tina MacVeigh
  • Ray McAdam
  • Paul McAuliffe
  • Paddy McCartan
  • Séamas McGrattan
  • Rebecca Moynihan
  • Naoise Ó Muirí
  • Hazel De Nortúin
  • Colm O'Rourke
  • Larry O'Toole
  • Cieran Perry
  • Michael Pidgeon
  • Noeleen Reilly
  • Patricia Roe
  • Catherine Stocker
  • Michael Watters
Against
5 councillors
  • Tom Brabazon
  • Deirdre Heney
  • Dermot Lacey
  • Sophie Nicoullaud
  • Nial Ring
Abstain
2 councillors
  • Chris Andrews
  • Vincent Jackson