Information on the Public Consultation Process

For more information, please contact:

Policy Officer
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Townhall
Enniskillen
County Fermanagh
BT74 7BA
Telephone: 0300 303 1777 ext. 21178
Email: finbar.maguire@fermanaghomagh.com 

This document will be available in a range of formats upon request.  Please contact us with your requirements, through the above contact details.
Purpose of this Consultation

The Council’s Equality Scheme was ratified by Elected Members in January 2017 and approved by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland on 22 February 2017. 

The draft Equality Action Plan for 2022 to 2024 has been designed to provide a framework to guide the Council’s actions until 31 December 2024.

It also outlines the way in which the Council plans to promote Equality of Opportunity and Good Relations throughout its services and functions, as it strives to create a District where people choose to live, work and visit.

The draft Equality Action Plan details five strategic themes and these are:

A. Equality of Opportunity.
B. Accessible Services.
C. Spoken, written and signed language forms.
D. Equality Monitoring and Data Collection.
E. Employees and Elected Members.

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council is seeking your views on the content and actions contained within the draft Equality Action Plan for 2022-2024
How to Respond

In addition to this online survey, we are also happy to receive feedback by:
Letter: ‘Public Consultation’, Corporate and Strategic Services, Townhall, Enniskillen BT74 7BA
Email: consultations@fermanaghomagh.com
Telephone: 0300 303 1777 ext. 21178
Textphone: (028) 8225 6216
Or if you prefer a meeting in which to give your comments face-to-face or online, we will do our best to meet your request.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire and for sharing your views with Fermanagh and Omagh District Council.

* Please note, there is a Data Protection Statement below *
Data Protection 

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (the Data Controller) has a legal duty to protect any information it collects about you.

The is fully committed to complying with the Data Protection Act 2018 as well as the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The information you provide, as part of this consultation response, will be used to provide you with an update on the consultation process and outcomes, when the process has been completed.

Any information provided by you will not be disclosed to any other third party, unless law or regulation compels such a disclosure.

To ensure the Council complies with its statutory duty under the Northern Ireland Act 1998, we are asking all respondents to complete the Equality Monitoring section within this questionnaire, as appropriate. This information will be stored securely and confidentially, and will not be included in any consultation report.

Final reports will contain overall statistics and comments and will not include the names of any individuals. There will also be no ability to match the comments, or statistics, to any individual.

The information provided will be retained in line with the Council’s Retention and Disposal Schedule. Further information on how the Council processes your personal date available online at www.fermanaghomagh.com within the Privacy section.

Confidentiality and Access to Information Legislation

Information provided in response to this consultation, including personal information, may be published or disclosed in accordance with access to information legislation: these are primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).

If you want the information that you provide to be treated as confidential, please be aware that, under the Freedom of Information Act, there is a statutory Code of Practice (section 45) with which public authorities must comply and deals with amongst other things, obligations of confidence. In view of this, it would be helpful if you could explain to us why you regard the information you have provided as confidential. If we receive a request for disclosure of the information, we will take full account of your explanation, but we cannot give an assurance that confidentiality can be maintained in all circumstances. An automatic confidentiality disclaimer generated by your IT system will not, of itself, be regarded as binding on Fermanagh and Omagh District Council.

For further information about confidentiality of responses please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office on 028 9026 9380 or email ni@ico.gsi.gov.uk (or see their website at www.ico.gov.uk).

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* 2. Would you like to be added to our Equality Consultation Database for future consultation processes?

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