Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the specific services that the Local Government Management Services Board provides to the County and City Managers Association; if the Local Government Management Services Board provides administrative and secretarial staffing for the County and City Managers Association; if the Local Government Management Services Board provides office accommodation for the County and City Managers Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13906/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Local Government Management Services Board (LGMSB) provides management services, human resource services and industrial relations support and advice to local authorities. The LGMSB also represents local authority management in proceedings in the Labour Relations Commission and the Labour Court and assists local authorities in the adoption of best practice in relation to obligations under the full range of employment legislation. The range of services provided is outlined as follows.

The LGMSB provides meeting room facilities to the County and City Managers' Association (CCMA). The Office for Local Authority Management (OLAM), under the remit of the LGMSB, provides management support services for city and county managers including administrative and secretarial services to the CCMA and its committees.

Services provided by the LGMSB include:

· Carrying out analysis and research on aspects of local government;

· Representing the views of the local authority system externally - to the media and to other interested parties;

· Disseminating information on the work of local authorities – through Reports, Fact sheets, Press Releases, etc;

· Reporting annually to the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government on the performance of local authorities on Service Indicators;

· Engaging with other relevant organisations e.g. the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government, the Department of Transport, other local government representative associations, IBEC, Chambers of Commerce Ireland, Office of the Ombudsman etc;

· Providing support services to the County and City Managers Association, and its committees and Executive;

· Liaising with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the CCMA, the Executive and the Chairs of the CCMA Committees;

· Collecting and collating relevant information and statistics for public presentation to a range of interests, as required;

· Liaising with relevant personnel in local authorities, the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and other agencies on issues relating to management services.