participants

The Steering Committee

The Minister of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, John Gormley T.D., has appointed a Steering Committee with representatives from a broad spectrum of the public and private sectors, who are overseeing development of the policy. The work of the Steering Committee is underpinned by three Focus Groups, which each specialise on one of the proposed three core themes namely 'promoting awareness, education and research', 'promoting quality in the built environment', and 'promoting sustainability'.

The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government

The Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government is unique among Irish Departments of State in the way that its programmes and activities impinge on the lives of every citizen in the State. Through our responsibility for the quality of the environment in which we live, for housing and other infrastructure, for physical and spatial planning, and for local government, we impact significantly on the daily lives of all people in this country. Our mission is to promote sustainable development and improve the quality of life through protection of the environment and heritage, infrastructure provision, balanced regional development and good local government. This mission embraces our responsibilities and summarises our intent. In our Strategy Statement, we have defined the objectives which flow from our mission and the key strategies that we will pursue over the next three years to support the achievement of these objectives.

The Irish Architecture Foundation

The Irish Architecture Foundation was established in 2005 on the belief that we all can influence the built environment. Through a programme of events, talks and exhibitions it looks to promote and encourage the best in contemporary architecture.

Membership of the groups has been drawn from the following:

• An Bord Pleanála
• An Taisce
• Architects Association of Ireland (AAI)
• Architects Council of Europe (ACE)
• Architecture School, Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT)
• The Arts Council
• Centre for Architectural Education, University College of Cork (UCC)
• Construction Industry Federation (CIF)
• Cork City Council
• Department of Architecture and Urban Design, Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)
• Department of Education and Science
• Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (DOEHLG)
• Dublin City Council
• Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA)
• ENFO
  
• Feasta
• Fingal County Council
• The Heritage Council
  
• Irish Architecture Foundation (IAF)
• National Council on Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA)
• National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH)
• National Monuments Service, Office of Public Works (OPW)
• Office of Public Works (OPW)
• Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI)
• School of Architecture, University of Limerick (SAUL)
• School of Spatial Planning, Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)
• South Dublin County Council
• Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI)
• Energy Research Group, School of Architecture, Landscape & Civil Engineering, University College Dublin (UCD)
• Urban Design School, School of Architecture, Landscape & Civil Engineering, University College Dublin (UCD)
• The Urban Forum

In addition to the groups, professional bodies and institutions above, a number of architects, broadcasters, building commissioners, developers, engineers, individuals, landscape architects and writers from the private and public sectors are also involved in developing the policy on architecture.