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Donegal County Council. Geoffrey Browne I.S. Projects Leader. Donegal. County Donegal. ~4800 sq_km ~1100 KM coastline Northwest Periphery Rural Living and sparsely populated Island Communities Mountainous interior Population centres around the coastal fringe 147,000 population.
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Donegal County Council Geoffrey Browne I.S. Projects Leader
County Donegal • ~4800 sq_km • ~1100 KM coastline • Northwest Periphery • Rural Living and sparsely populated • Island Communities • Mountainous interior • Population centres around the coastal fringe • 147,000 population
Donegal Socio Economic • Large Gaeltacht Area • Airport in Carickfin • Fishing Ports in Killybegs, Burtonport etc • No Railway Network • Numerous Festivals including “Mary from Dungloe”, Earagail Arts Festival, Rory Gallagher Festival
Donegal Socio Economic cont. • High unemployment levels • Tourism • Fishing • Agriculture • Knowledge Economy – Call Centres • Construction • Textiles (in fast decline)
Donegal County Council - stats • Headquarters – Lifford • Decentralised offices – 5 • 29 Elected Councillors • 4 Town Councils • Amongst largest employers in County • Amongst most advanced users of ICT • 60 + Servers, 1300+ PCs \ Laptops, 6 MANs, Hosting • 5 x One Stop Shops, Social Welfare, Revenue, Health Service, NRDO etc • On-Line Services – DOPS, Motor Tax, Library, Payments, GIS, Forms, Electoral Register etc.
Council Activities • Planning • Roads and Transportation • Water, Environment and Emergency Services • Community and Enterprise • Corporate Services, Motor Tax etc • Information Technology – Networks, Telemetry, Software Development, User Support. • Broadband Infrastructure – MANs, CNS • Housing • Cultural Services – Libraries, Museums etc