Appendix 8_Consultation Report

Introduction to Appendices of Consultation Results

Finally online consultation was a key element to the consultation process and 462 responses were received to the online survey (see below). An online webinar event was held on 15th May to inform the public about the process. The LECP was also informed by “overlapping” events and reports including the CityLab’s events occurred April 2023 and subsequent report and the Cork University Business School “Policy Review for the Development of High-Level Goals for the New LECP for Cork City”. Structure of this Appendix Appendices 1 to 7 inclusive provide detailed feedback for Online, Written and Face to Face feedback for consultation undertaken between March 2023 and December 2023 as part of Stage 2 of the LECP process. Appendices 1 to 6 provide, in order of High-Level Goal and with reference to the contributing stakeholder organisation, consultation responses in the order of Online survey results, both quantitative and qualitative, the results of written submissions and the results of face-to-face workshops. Responses to quantitative online survey questions are summarised in written form in Appendices 1 to 6 according to the closest possible relevance of the survey questions to the relevant High-Level Goal (see below). For space reasons the graphical presentation of quantitative presented in a separate Appendix 7 (see below). Appendix 8 provides a summary of High-Level Goals and Objectives Online survey questions A total of 17 online survey questions were asked of respondents but three of these (Questions 2, 3 and 4) had both quantitative and qualitative dimensions. Given the very diverse and “respondent-specific” nature of responses to questions of a more qualitative nature were too numerous and too diverse in response to present graphically and are therefore commented on in writing to give a brief summary impression of key findings. In addition, a “Word Cloud” is provided to give an impression of the most commonly recurring themes where the larger words (in font size) reflect the most commonly occurring themes in responses.