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Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy for the Southern Region
The regional strategy for the Southern Region, including the Cork, Limerick–Shannon and Waterford metropolitan area strategic plans.
Southern Regional Assembly · January 2020 · 382 pages
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- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES221 Rural Regeneration and Development Fund The Government has committed an additional €1bn for a new Rural Regeneration and Development Fund from 2019-27. Administered by the Department of Rural and Community Development, the fund supports rural renewal for suitable projects in towns and villages with a population of less than 10,000 and outlying areas. The fund is an opportunity to support the revitalisation of rural Ireland, make a significant and sustainable impact on rural communities, and to address de-population in small rural towns, villages and rural areas. It will be a key instrument to support the objectives of the NPF, in particular the National Strategic Outcome to achieve Strengthened Rural Economies and Communities. Climate Action Fund The Climate Action Fund, under the auspices of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, has at least €500m to 2027 to support initiatives that contribute to the achievement of Ireland’s climate and energy targets that leverage investment by public and private bodies. The fund will facilitate projects that contribute to other Government policy priorities, including support for innovation and capacity building to develop scalable and sustainable climate change solutions, and generating wider socio-economic benefits such as job creation, air quality improvements, reduction in fuel poverty, bio-diversity and community resilience and development. It also aims to leverage non-exchequer sourced investment. Disruptive Technologies Fund The Disruptive Technology Innovation Fund aims to support Ireland’s innovation ecosystem and to drive collaboration between public bodies, our research base and industry to achieve the National Strategic Outcomes. It is a competitive, challenge-based fund for the development, deployment and commercialisation of innovative technology solutions to global challenges across a broad range of areas, including healthcare, services, energy, and food production. Implemented through the Department of Business Enterprise and Innovation, the fund has €500m over 10 years. The fund will invest in collaborative partnerships involving enterprises and research partners with SME participation. Investing in our Culture, Language and Heritage 2018 – 27 Investing in our culture, language and heritage, the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht’s sectoral plan under Project Ireland 2040, sets out the overarching vision for a vibrant heritage and culture sector, as well as concrete investments to preserve and promote the national language and to protect natural heritage and biodiversity. The Government has allocated almost €1.2bn to supporting Ireland’s culture, language and heritage through this 10-year strategy that recognises the essential role of the RSES in directing and informing future investment across the Region. Other Investment Mechanisms Outside of the funding mechanisms under Project Ireland 2040, the following organisations provide potential funding opportunities for delivery of the RSES: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, managed and controlled by the National Treasury Management Agency, is an €8.9bn sovereign development fund with a statutory mandate to invest on a commercial basis in a manner designed to support economic activity and employment in Ireland. The fund has a long investment time horizon and therefore can act as a permanent or patient source of long-term capital. It seeks to invest in transactions where it can make a difference - where its characteristics can enable commercial investment transactions with positive economic impact and make it an attractive “investor of choice” for the company, project sponsors and advisors. The fund is uniquely positioned to connect and drive innovation across multiple industry players developing and delivering innovative opportunities that might otherwise go unrealised. European Funding Programmes The European Green Deal is a new growth strategy that aims to transform the EU into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use. It is about improving the well-being of people, making Europe climate neutral and protecting the natural habitat which will be good for people, the planet and the economy. The aims of the Green Deal are: for Europe to become climate-neutral by 2050; to protect human life, animals and plants by cutting pollution; to help companies become world leaders in clean products and technologies; and to help ensure a just and inclusive transition. By ensuring good policy alignment, the RSES can drive investment that targets identified priorities at European, national, regional and local scale and assist local authorities in identifying European partnership opportunities and leveraging funding from EU Regional Programmes. The RSES is also aligned to the five policy high level investment priorities of the EU’s Regional Development and Cohesion Policy which will drive EU investment for the 2020-27 period, namely: 1. A smarter Europe: innovative and smart economic transformation; 2. A greener, low-carbon Europe; 3. A more connected Europe: mobility and regional ICT connectivity; 4. A more social Europe: implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights; 5. A Europe closer to citizens: sustainable and integrated development of urban, rural and coastal areas through local initiatives.
- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES222 European Investment Bank and Council of Europe Development Bank The European Investment Bank, the EU’s bank representing the interests of the Member States, works closely with other EU institutions to implement policy. It provides finance and expertise for sustainable investment projects that contribute to EU policy objectives supporting projects that make a significant contribution to growth and employment in Europe. The Council of Europe Development Bank is a multilateral development bank with an exclusively social mandate. By financing and technical expertise for projects with a high social impact in its Member States, it actively promotes social cohesion and strengthens social integration in Europe. It finances social projects, responds to emergencies and contributes to improving the living conditions of the most disadvantaged. It also contributes to the implementation of socially-oriented investment projects in areas, including sustainable and inclusive growth and developing climate action adaptation and mitigation measures. Enterprise Funding Schemes Enterprise Ireland provides a range of funding and supports for enterprise. Enterprise Ireland (EI) launched the €60m 2017-20 Regional Enterprise Development Fund to support the ambition, goals and implementation of Regional Action Plans for Jobs. The fund aims to drive enterprise development and job creation by co-financing projects that can sustain and add to employment at a national, regional and county level. It supports collaborative and innovative projects involving a range of enterprises and public bodies, including local and community enterprise initiatives, innovation and technology partnerships and enterprise-led industry clusters comprising of at least five companies. Small Business Innovation Research Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) is the national innovation pre-commercial procurement initiative, administered by Enterprise Ireland. It aims to drive innovation across all sections of the public sector through the co-funding of competitive challenges that support engagement between technology companies and public bodies. It also supports small and emerging businesses by providing early-stage funding and a route to market, reducing risk through a phased technology development programme. A number of local authorities have run SBIR challenges to identify and develop smart solutions to challenges such as digital engagement, sustainable mobility, water quality and flooding. Other Supports Enterprise funding and business supports are also available from other development agencies such as the Local Enterprise Offices, with a number of their schemes co-funded under the Southern and Eastern Regional Programme, managed by the Southern Regional Assembly. RPO 227 Investment and Funding It is an objective of the RSES to support local authorities and state bodies and other stakeholders and communities in achieving the drawdown of investment funds, including national rural, urban, technology and climate funds, the EU Regional Operational Programmes and other EU funds available to the Region. RPO 228 Smart Growth Initiatives It is an objective to support smart growth initiatives that develop new solutions to existing and future urban challenges, including climate risks in the Region and will support local authorities and other appropriate organisations in the drawdown of climate and smart technology funds. 9.4 | Monitoring and Reporting A comprehensive and transparent monitoring and reporting process will be incorporated as part of the implementation plan for the RSES, based on legislative requirements and involving key stakeholders in the Region. Legislative Requirements The following arrangements for monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the RSES are required by legislation to measure progress: • The Local Government Reform Act 2014 requires that public bodies and local authorities to which Section 22A of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) relates must prepare and submit a report to their relevant regional assembly every 2 years indicating progress made in supporting objectives, relevant to that body, of the RSES; • Every 2 years, the Southern Regional Assembly will prepare a monitoring report on the progress made in implementing the overall objectives of the RSES.
- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES223 This will include monitoring of specific actions and outcomes, including actions specific to public bodies identified in legislation; • The Southern Regional Assembly will submit its monitoring report to the National Oversight and Audit Commission for consideration and recommendations to the Minister in relation to relevant measures to further support the implementation of the RSES; • Public bodies are required to assist and co-operate as far as practicable in implementing the RSES. Office of the Planning Regulator The Office of the Planning Regulator was established in 2019. This function has an independent monitoring role of advising the Minister, the Government and the Oireachtas on implementation of the NPF under the statutory planning process, through the RSES, local authority statutory planning processes and the decisions of An Bord Pleanála through the use of a new set of indicators to be developed to assist effective monitoring. Tracking and Reporting Progress The delivery of the implementation phase for the RSES will include action plans with an agreed set of quantified and qualified progress indicators. These will be subject to a time-bound, project tracking plan. Progress reports will be published in line with the meetings of the Monitoring committee. The Southern Regional Assembly will regularly engage with key stakeholders from across the Region to ensure a transparent delivery of its objectives in a number of ways throughout the life of the RSES. This activity will be included in the implementation plan. RSES Monitoring Committee The Local Government Reform Act 2014 provides for consultation with named public bodies in the preparation and review of the RSES. This includes the establishment of a monitoring committee. Membership of the monitoring committee will comprise of a crosssectoral representation from across the Region, including: • Southern Regional Assembly; • The Region’s local authorities; • Named public bodies under the Act and other competent public authorities; • Economic and social partners in the Region; • Bodies representing civil society, environmental partners and non-governmental organisations; • Bodies responsible for promoting social inclusion, gender equality and non-discrimination. The monitoring committee will meet at least once every two years to review implementation of the RSES and the progress made towards achieving its objectives. In doing so, it shall have regard to the key regional indicators and any milestones defined for the RSES. Roles and Responsibilities The monitoring committee will examine all issues that affect the performance of the RSES and, if appropriate, give an opinion on any required amendments. The monitoring committee may make observations regarding implementation and evaluation of the RSES and will monitor actions taken as a result of its observations. The monitoring committee will examine: • Progress made in implementation of the RSES’s evaluation plan and the follow-up on findings of evaluations; • Any issues that affect the performance of the RSES; • Actions to promote gender equality, equal opportunities and non-discrimination, including accessibility for persons with disabilities; • Actions to promote sustainable development across the Region. RPO 229 Monitoring the Strategy The Southern Regional Assembly will put in place a robust and transparent monitoring system to ensure that the progress of the regional objectives are tracked against baseline data at regular intervals during the life of the Strategy. This includes: a. Making baseline data available as a shared evidence base, as appropriate, for the Region to local authorities and other public bodies which will inform the preparation and implementation of a local authority’s Development Plans, Local Area Plans and Local Economic and Community Plans; b. Carrying out regular updates of baseline date for monitoring purposes, including integration of baseline data (including environmental data), if available, from other relevant reports, strategies and data repositories; c. Supporting the establishment of regional working groups to improve the coherence of European Site protection and management, facilitate data sharing and exchange on transboundary sites and to address crossboundary site and species protection; d. Establishing a monitoring committee with cross-sectoral and cross-regional representation to oversee progress and contribute to the process. The process will facilitate the involvement of relevant stakeholders throughout the implementation of the RSES to provide input on progress.
- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES224 Evaluation and Evidence Based Policy Making As this is the first RSES, there is a need to learn the lessons from the process for future strategies, including the quality of design and implementation, and to assess its effectiveness, efficiency and impact. The impact of the RSES will be subject to evaluation, including experts independent of the Southern Regional Assembly. The results will be publicly available. Evaluation Mechanisms for the RSES 1. 1. The RSES will be subject to formal review not less than once every 6 years to allow for the revoking or amending objectives of the RSES; 1. 2. The Local Government Reform Act 2014, 26(2) requires that before revoking a RSES (other than to make a new RSES), the regional assembly will consult with planning authorities in its Region; 1. 3. Where the regional assembly makes a new RSES, it will follow the procedures laid down in the Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Sections 22, 24 and 25); 1. 4. Where a new RSES is made, it shall supersede any previous RSES. The Southern Regional Assembly is strongly committed to the preparation of evidence-based strategies, as demonstrated in the baseline data gathered to inform the development of the RSES. As part of this commitment, this baseline data will be available to other public bodies and local authorities as a shared evidence-base for the Region, particularly to inform the preparation and implementation of a local authority’s Development Plans, Local Area Plans, and Local Economic and Community Plans. The RSES baseline data will be updated as new information becomes available and the Southern Regional Assembly will support the development and publication of a set of robust, relevant and timely Key Regional Indicators for policymaking and evaluation.
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- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES226 Volume 2 Metropolitan Area Plans Cork Limerick Shannon Waterford
- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES227 Introduction to Metropolitan Area Strategic Plans (MASP) in the Southern Region The NPF targets significant growth and development in all five of Ireland’s cities. To achieve this, Metropolitan Area Strategic Plans (MASPs) have been designated in the NPF as the appropriate vehicle to address both the city and suburbs and adjoining area that supports the core of the city. A MASP has been prepared for: • The Cork Metropolitan Area • The Limerick-Shannon Metropolitan Area • The Waterford Metropolitan Area Targets alone will not be achieved unless important qualitative principles and new approaches to sustainable development are undertaken in how we plan for and manage growth in each metropolitan area. The strategic role and Regional Planning Objectives for MASPs are set out in Section 3.4 of the RSES which apply to each MASP. These objectives are supported by the strategic goals summarised below and in Appendix 3: Goal 1: Sustainable Place Framework Goal 2: Excellent Connectivity and Sustainable Mobility Goal 3: Economic Engines Driving Regional Enterprise Growth Goal 4: High Quality Environment and Quality of Life Goal 5: A Learning, Welcoming and Socially Inclusive Metropolitan Area Goal 6: Pioneering Locations Networked Internationally and Regionally Goal 7: Evolve Innovative Approaches and Strategic Priorities
- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES228 Cork Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan
- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES229 1.0 | Introduction 1.1 | Overview At over 304,000 in 2016, the Cork Metropolitan Area accounts for almost one fifth of the Region’s total population. It is the second largest metropolitan area in the State, and is larger in scale than the Limerick-Shannon, Galway and Waterford Metropolitan Areas combined. The NPF recognises that, “Cork is emerging as an international centre of scale and is well placed to complement Dublin but requires significantly accelerated and urban focused growth to more fully achieve this role”. With a planned growth rate (50-60%) to 2040 in the Cork City and suburban area of between two to three times the national average and up to 50 % for the rest of the metropolitan area, this is a strong platform of scale, critical mass and capacity and uniquely positions the Cork Metropolitan Area as: • A principle complimentary location to Dublin with strong international role; • A primary driver of economic and population growth in the Region; • A compact City Region with increased regional connectivity; • A City Region focusing growth on the delivery of sustainable transport patterns. The NPF explicitly states that significant accelerated and urban focused growth is needed to achieve its role to fulfil this potential, along with accelerated investment of infrastructure, physical and social, and protection and enhancement of the natural environment. Distribution of population and employment growth in the metropolitan area must align with public transport investment, and focus on regeneration, consolidation and infrastructure led growth of the city and suburbs, existing hierarchy of metropolitan towns and the strategic employment locations. Key transport infrastructure to accommodate growth and retrofit quality services and enhanced sustainable mobility in the Cork Metropolitan Area are needed. The MASP recognises the delivery of an integrated multi modal transport network, informed by the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy (CMATS), is a key requirement. A new Light Rail Corridor, connecting Ballincollig, City Centre, interchange with suburban and inter-city rail at Kent Station, Docklands and Mahon is a particularly significant proposal and game changer.
- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES230 The Cork Metropolitan Area includes: • The recently expanded Cork City Boundary (c. 210,853 population)1 including Cork City Centre, Cork City Docklands and Tivoli, City Suburbs; and the recently added areas of Douglas, Rochestown, Ballincollig, Tower, Blarney, Glanmire and Cork Airport. • Metropolitan towns including Carrigaline (15,770), Cobh (12,800), Midleton (12,496), Passage West (5,843), Carrigtwohill (5,080), , and Monard Strategic Development Zone, a new planned metropolitan town on the suburban rail line; • Cork Harbour, a strategic location of natural amenities, port activities, industry, marine sector research and development, tourism, heritage, and harbour settlements. 1 Population from Census 2016 of each listed settlement is contained in brackets. 1.2 | Spatial Definition
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