Cork City’s Local Economic and Community Plan 2024 - 2029
Our educational institutions - including University College Cork (UCC), Munster Technological University (MTU) and the Cork Education and Training Board (CETB) – our young people, our older people, our communities of interest, the business community, and all our engaged partners invested their time and energy at various stages to inform this work. This plan is shaped by :
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A review of the LECP 2016 – 2021
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A review of relevant community and economic policy Socio-economic and climate related analysis
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Cork City Council internal collaboration
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Broad and extensive stakeholder engagement, and A highly engaged public consultation process
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You can read further on each these steps in chapter 5 of this plan and the appendix. We will now summarise the findings of the public consultation process. Public Consultation Findings One of the most commonly occurring themes from the public consultation is the call for more equality and inclusion . The consultation identified a strong sense of people’s need for social justice.
They highlighted the needs of:
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People with disabilities
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Single parents
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Older people
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Young people
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Migrants and those with migrant background
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The Traveller community, and
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LGBTI+ groups
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