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Welcome to the Corporate & External Affairs Directorate

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The Corporate & External Affairs Directorate has responsibility for Cork City Council services in the general purpose area. This includes services relating to:

Secretariat for servicing the meeting of the City Council and Committees:

• Organising meetings of the City Council and its Committees
• Recording and compiling minutes of City Council's meetings

Secretarial services for the Lord Mayor and City Manager

• Secretarial services for the Lord Mayor
• Secretarial services for the City Manager
• Secretarial services for Senior Management Team

Civic Events

• Arranging Civic Receptions and Mayoral Receptions

Public Relations and Communications

• Promotion of Cork City Council
• Publication of Corporate Publications
• Freedom of Information Act 2014
• Data Protection Acts 1988 & 2003
• Acht Teanga 2003
• Media

Miscellaneous Services

• Preparation of Annual Report
• Gaming and Lotteries Act Administration
• Payment of travel and subsistence allowances to members of the City Council
• Prohibition on the Consumption of Intoxicating Liquor on the Streets of Cork 
• School Meals Scheme
• Managing Corporate Estate
• Casual Trading
• Promotion of Concert Hall/Millennium Hall/Exhibition Centre
• Derelict Sites Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs)
• Markets
• EU Affairs
• Liaison with the Office of the Ombudsman
• Development/Promotions
• Courthouses (on an agency basis for the Courts Service)

Register of Electors & Local Elections

• Compilation of Register of Electors (annual)
• Preparation of Polling Scheme
• Arranging and conducting of Local Elections

Education:

• Operation of Higher Education Grants Scheme. 

Contact Details :

Corporate & External Affairs Directorate,

Cork City Council,

City Hall,

Cork, Ireland.

Direct Dial Telephone No. +353 21 4924378 / +353 21 4924364

Fax: +353 21 4314238

E-mail: corporateaffairs@corkcity.ie 

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