Agendas 2018

Minutes of Special Meeting of Sligo County Council to be held on Wednesday 12th September, 2018


Corporate Services,
County Hall,
Riverside,
Sligo

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6th September, 2018

TO:  THE CATHAOIRLEACH AND EACH MEMBER OF SLIGO COUNTY COUNCIL

A Special Meeting of Sligo County Council will be held

ON:  Wednesday, 12th September, 2018

AT:  10.00 a.m.

IN:  Council Chamber, County Hall, Riverside, Sligo

You are requested to attend.

K. Colreavy
Administrative Officer

CLÁR

  1.   
    1. Address to the Council by prospective Presidential Candidates.
      • Peter Casey
      • Seán Gallagher
      • Patrick Feeney
      • Joan Freeman
      • John Groarke
    2. To consider arrangements for further Special Meeting.
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Casserly:

    “This council:
    1. Is deeply concerned of the imminent threat of closure of up to 390 Post Offices throughout the country and the threat to the long-term future of the remaining 690 Post Offices.  
    2. Believes Believing the decision as to whether a community has a Post Office or not, should not hinge on a Postmaster wishing to retire.  
    3. Recognises there is an alternative and superior solution to the Post Office issue available to An Post and to Government in the form of the Kiwi (Post) Bank model that was established in New Zealand in 2002, and now has 20% of the banking market and 25% of all banking customers in New Zealand.  It has been described as a phenomenal success having made over $7m profit in its third year of operation and nowadays posts annual profits of circa $100m.
    4. Supports the Dáil Private Members Motion of 11th November, 2016 –
      The Dáil Motion of the 11th November, 2016, passed by the Dáil – 158 Votes (no Amendments)
      “Calls on the Government to:
      Implement a new community banking service operated by An Post to be made available in all post offices throughout the country; this post community bank could be based on either the New Zealand Kiwibank model or the German Sparkassen model, both of which have been found to be valid models;”

    Therefore, this Council calls on Government to,
    1. Enact ‘Private Members Dáil Motion of the 11th November, 2016’
    2. Postpone the closure of Post Offices while the Kiwi Post Bank model for the Irish Post Office network is developed.

    The results of this Council motion to be promptly conveyed to the Minister for Communications, Climate action and Environment and Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, Chair of Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment”.
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree:
    That this council:
    1. Deeply concerned with the imminent threat of closure of up to 390 Post Offices throughout the country and the threat to the long-term future of the remaining 690 Post Offices.
    2. Believing the decision as to whether a community has a Post Office or not, should not hinge on a Postmaster wishing to retire.  
    3. Recognising there is an alternative and superior solution to the Post Office issue available to An Post and to Government in the form of the Kiwi (Post) Bank model that was established in New Zealand in 2002, and now has 20% of the banking market and 25% of all banking customers in New Zealand.
    4. Supports the Private Members Motion passed by the Dáil on the 11th November 2016 which “calls on the Government to: - implement a new community banking service operated by An Post to be made available in all post offices throughout the country; this post community bank could be based on either the New Zealand Kiwibank model or the German Sparkassen model, both of which have been found to be valid models;”

    4. Therefore, this Council calls on Government to,
    1. Enact ‘Private Members Dáil Motion of the 11th November, 2016.’
    2. Postpone the closure of Post Offices while the Kiwi Post Bank model for the Irish Post Office network is developed. 
    And further the contents of this motion be promptly conveyed to the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment and to Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, Chair of Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment.”
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Healy:
    “That Sligo County Council calls on the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment and also the Minister for Rural and Community Development to intervene and prevent the closure of rural Post Offices in Sligo as these threatened closures would lead to the destruction of their communities.”
  5. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor. M. Gormley & Councillor P. Taylor:
    “To ask Sligo County Council to support the retention of Rural post offices in County Sligo with special reference to Gurteen Post Office”.
  6. Any other business.

 


Meeting Date 12/09/2018