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About Us

TASCQ (Traders in the Area Supporting the Cultural Quarter Ltd) was set up in 2003 by a number of traders in the Temple Bar Area. The company’s mission statement is ‘Responsible traders working together to promote, maintain, enhance and protect the distinctiveness of Temple Bar and to encourage positive partnerships between the commercial and cultural communities”.

TASCQ is an independent organisation, which represents traders in the Temple Bar area. Membership of TASCQ is voluntary and we now have over 90 members, representing a broad spectrum of businesses, organisations and resident associations in Temple Bar. These include restaurateurs, hoteliers, publicans, retailers, cultural centres, charities, resident groups and service providers who operate in Dublin’s Cultural Quarter. These groups have come together to form TASCQ with the aim of enhancing the local environment and promoting Temple Bar both at home and abroad. Each member pays a voluntary annual fee and these funds are used to improve the physical environment, organise events, liaise with local authorities and to market the area nationally and internationally.

TASCQ Committees

Under the TASCQ constitution an AGM is facilitated every year. At this meeting the TASCQ board (a voluntary structure) propose a budget and set of area plans for the year. These are then either accepted or rejected by the members. Additionally each year the current board must resign and a new board is appointed by the members. The board of directors are not paid any dividend or stipend nor are they in receipt of any expenses for attendance at meetings or away days.

This year’s board consists of:
• Oliver Hughes: The Porterhouse (Chair)
• Martin Keane: The Oliver St. John Gogarty
• Paul Fitzpatrick: The Morgan Hotel
• Tom Cleary: The Temple Bar Pub
• Michael Noonan: Temple Bar Residents Association
• Willie White: The Project Arts Centre
• Aoife Ni Dhonnacha: FXB Restaurant
• Martin Harte: Gogarty’s Hostel
• Tom Maguire: The Foggy Dew

Level of voluntary commitment
• Quarterly board meetings
• AGM
• Annual Away Day

What TASCQ do

Environmental Services – TASCQ provide additional street cleaning services, greening initiatives and recycling schemes, for both businesses and residents in the Temple Bar area.

Free Public Information – TASCQ provide free information on the amenities and facilities in the  area through our website– www.visit-templebar.com and through the Temple Bar Information Centre on East Essex Street.

A fund of over €500,000 is secured annually from TASCQ members to achieve these aims and this voluntary contribution is growing every year.

BECOMING A MEMBER

Being part of TASCQ brings a number of benefits to its members.

These benefits include:

• Regular, intensive cleaning outside your premises
• Promotion through Temple Bar Information Centre
• Inclusion in portal site for the area : www.visit-templebar.com
• Additional networking and business development opportunities
• Representation on the OFFICIAL GUIDE TO TEMPLE BAR
• Development of business relationships and support with fellow traders in Temple Bar.

For further information please contact Claudine Murray, Operations Manager at Tel:+353 1 677 2397 or Email: claudine[at]tascq.ie