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The North East and North West Regional Action Plan for Jobs Implementation Committees

While the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation oversees the Regional Action Plans for Jobs at national level each Regional Action Plan is monitored by Regional Implementation Committees at regional level. Action Plan for Jobs: North East/North West is monitored by two committees: one in the North East and another in the North West.

Enterprise Champions

Many of the actions set out in the Regional APJs are delivered by public sector bodies acting collaboratively. Some of the actions require active engagement with the private sector so strong business representation is required.

To this end, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has appointed locally based enterprise champions to each Regional Implementation Committee to work with the public bodies on the implementation of the Plans, including the identification of new actions to be added to the Plans as they evolve.

Richard Hanlon, Senior Vice President of Vesta, Co. Louth chairs the committee in the North East. The other Enterprise Champions in the North East are Michael Hanley, CEO of Lakeland Dairies, Co. Cavan and Martin McVicar, Managing Director of Combilift, Co. Monaghan.

Conor Murphy, Site Director at Abbott Diagnostics Division, Co. Sligo chairs the committee in the North West. The other Enterprise Champions in the North West  are Philip Martin, CEO of Cora Systems in Co. Leitrim and Brian Leslie, Director of Seaquest, Co. Donegal.

Member Organisations

Organisations represented on the North East committee are:

The Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation
Enterprise Ireland
IDA Ireland
InterTradeIreland
Louth County Council
Cavan County Council
Monaghan County Council
Louth Local Enterprise Office
Monaghan Local Enterprise Office
Cavan Local Enterprise Office
Northern & Western Regional Assembly
Eastern & Midland Regional Assembly
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Cavan & Monaghan ETB
Louth & Meath ETB
Western Development Commission
Waterways Ireland
Ibec
Bord Iascaigh Mhara
InterTradeIreland
Teagasc
The Department of Environment, Community & Local Government
The Department of Social Protection
Cavan Chamber
Dundalk Chamber
Drogheda Chamber
Failte Ireland
North East Regional Skills Forum
SEUPB
The Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Organisations represented on the North West committee are:

The Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation
Enterprise Ireland
IDA Ireland
InterTradeIreland
Donegal County Council
Sligo County Council
Leitrim County Council
Donegal Local Enterprise Office
Sligo Local Enterprise Office
Leitrim Local Enterprise Office
Northern & Western Regional Assembly
Údarás na Gaeltachta
Letterkenny Institute of Technology
Institute of Technology Sligo
St. Angela's College Sligo
Donegal ETB
Mayo, Sligo & Leitrim ETB
Western Development Commission
Waterways Ireland
Ibec
Bord Iascaigh Mhara
InterTradeIreland
Teagasc
The Department of Environment, Community & Local Government
The Department of Social Protection
Letterkenny Chamber
Carrick-on-Shannon Chamber
Sligo Chamber
Failte Ireland
North West Regional Skills Forum
SEUPB
The Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Secretariats

Thomas McEvoy of Louth LEO and Ronan Dennedy of Louth County Council serve as secretariat to the North East and North West Regional Action Plan for Jobs Implementation Committees.

Meetings of the North East Regional Action Plan for Jobs Implementation Committee

25th April 2016, Cavan Crystal Hotel (Jointly with North West)
12th September 2016, Cavan Crystal Hotel (Jointly with North West)
26th January 2017, Monaghan Council Chamber

Meetings of the North West Regional Action Plan for Jobs Implementation Committee

25th April 2016, Cavan Crystal Hotel, Cavan (Jointly with North East)
12th September 2016, Cavan Crystal Hotel (Jointly with North East)
3rd February 2017, Building Block, Sligo