Donabate Parish Council
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Donabate Portrane Community Council is community organisation in the Donabate Portrane Peninsula in Fingal
. It is represented on the Fingal Community Forum. It is affiliated to Muintir na Tíre
(a national voluntary organisation dedicated to promoting the process of community development in Ireland). Donabate Parish Council is incorporated as a Company Limited by Guarantee since 2006, having the company number 420069, the word “Limited” being omitted by licence of the Minister for Enterprise and Employment.
The Council is a democratically elected non-party political body representing the residents of the Donabate Portrane peninsula. It covers the two civil parishes of Donabate
and Portrane
. The committee includes members elected at the A.G.M. and nominated representatives of local Residents' Associations.
The Council has sub-committees such as Tidy Towns, Neighbourhood Watch. In 2004 it formed a sub-committees to form a secondary school which was opened this year.
Donabate Parish Council is now known as Donabate Portrane Community Council. The trading name was changed in 2007.
The aims of the Council shall be -
Fingal
Fingal is a county in Ireland. It is one of three smaller counties into which County Dublin was divided in 1994. With its county seat located in Swords, it has a population of 239,992 according to the 2006 census...
. It is represented on the Fingal Community Forum. It is affiliated to Muintir na Tíre
Muintir na Tíre
Muintir na Tíre is a national Irish voluntary organisation dedicated to promoting the process of community development. Canon Hayes founded the organisation in 1937. It aims to enhance the capacities of people in communities, rural and urban, to become involved in local social, economic, cultural...
(a national voluntary organisation dedicated to promoting the process of community development in Ireland). Donabate Parish Council is incorporated as a Company Limited by Guarantee since 2006, having the company number 420069, the word “Limited” being omitted by licence of the Minister for Enterprise and Employment.
The Council is a democratically elected non-party political body representing the residents of the Donabate Portrane peninsula. It covers the two civil parishes of Donabate
Donabate
Donabate is a small suburban coastal town in Ireland, some 20 km north-northeast of Dublin City. The town is situated on a peninsula which it shares with the town of Portrane. This peninsula lies on Ireland's east coast, between the Rogerstown Estuary to the north and Broadmeadow Estuary to...
and Portrane
Portrane
Portrane or Portraine ) is a small seaside town one kilometre from, and merging into the larger town of Donabate in Fingal, north County Dublin, Ireland.- St. Ita's Hospital :...
. The committee includes members elected at the A.G.M. and nominated representatives of local Residents' Associations.
The Council has sub-committees such as Tidy Towns, Neighbourhood Watch. In 2004 it formed a sub-committees to form a secondary school which was opened this year.
Donabate Parish Council is now known as Donabate Portrane Community Council. The trading name was changed in 2007.
Aims
As set out in article two of the constitution of Donabate Portrane Community Council:The aims of the Council shall be -
- (a) the encouragement, improvement, and sponsorship of the Social, Educational, Scientific, Cultural, Recreational and Training amenities for all the people of the peninsula
- (b) to represent each and every member of the community and the community as a whole in dealings with local governmental statutory bodies and other agencies in seeking, when considered necessary, technical, financial, or other assistance in the promotion of the common good and to advise and assist where possible such authorities in the exercise of their functions in the locality
- (c) to acquire and hold by rental, lease, purchase, donation or otherwise, such properties and effects as shall be considered appropriate or expedient to attain these ends.
