Headed Items
CONFIRMATION AND RE-AFFIRMATION OF MINUTES
a) Minutes of Meeting of South Dublin County Council, 9th January 2006
(circulated herewith)
Report of the Area Committees
a) Terenure/Rathfarnham Area Committee (1) - 10th January 2006
Dealing with Roads, Planning (1 report - Draft Ballyboden Village Plan), Development and Corporate Services
(circulated herewith)
b) Terenure/Rathfarnham Area Committee (2) - 10th January 2006
Dealing with Community, Parks, Environment and Housing
(no report)
c) Tallaght Area Committee (1) - 16th January 2006
Dealing with Environment, Parks, Community (1 report - Grants) and Housing
(circulated herewith)
d) Tallaght Area Committee (2) - 23rd January 2006
Dealing with Roads (1 report - Extinguishment of Right of Way) , Planning, Development and Corporate Services
(circulated herewith)
e) Lucan/Clondalkin Area Commmittee(1) - 17th January 2006
Dealing with Development, Planning, Corporate Services and Roads
(no report)
f) Lucan /Clondalkin Area Committee (2) - 24th January 2006
Dealing with Environment, Parks, Community and Housing
(no report)
Standing Committees - Organisation, Procedure and Finance Committee, 19th January 2006
a) Calendar of Meeting Dates
(circulated herewith)
Strategic Policy Committees
a) Environment SPC 1st February 2006
b) Housing and Social Development SPC, 2nd February 2006.
c)Transportation SPC 9th February 2006
(all circulated herewith)
Reports Requested by Area Committees
(no report)
Questions
To ask the Manager to establish as a matter of urgency a task-force to deal with litter blackspots in the County, with a view to eliminating the litter problems associated with illegal dumping of household refuse, litter emanating from the operation of commercial premises such as shops etc and will he make a statement on the matter?
To ask the Manager to indicate when the new Scheme of Letting Priorities as adopted by South Dublin County Council in December 2005 is likely to be implemented?
To ask the Manager to investigate the possibility of South Dublin utilising "Football in the Community" officers as currently provided for by Fingal and Dublin City Councils in conjunction with the FAI and the Young Persons Facilities and Services fund?
To ask the Manager to report to the Council on the success of his efforts to ensure the recycling of Christmas trees?
To ask the Manager to report to the Council on the updated position regarding the development of a municipal stadium involving Shamrock Rovers at Tallaght?
To ask the Manager to report to the Council on actions being taken to ensure the success of his strategy to deal with anti-social behaviour problems throughout the County?
To ask the Manager to report to the Council on his efforts to ensure the continuation of community employment initiatives throughout the County?
To ask the Manager to report to the Council on proposals he is formulating to deal with the menace of bonfires at Halloween and will he state if he is giving any consideration to proposals to organise authorised bonfires in various communities?
To ask the Manager to report to the Council on initiatives planned during 2006 in respect of waste management?
To ask the Manager to report to the Council on the effectiveness of Council bye-laws covering drinking in public places?
To ask the Manager to report to the Council on efforts he is making to access additional funding from the Department of the Environment for the Council’s Housing Programme?
To ask the Manager to report on the number of householders who qualified for a second green bin in 2005 on an area by area basis?
To ask the Manager to report on the amount of Planning Applications submitted Christmas week 2005 and to compare this figure with the volume of Planning Applications submitted during each of the three previous weeks. Would the Manager also report on the number of Planning Applications decided on in South Dublin County Council during Christmas week?
To ask the Manager to comment on the level of illegal dumping taking place in the county and to comment on the amount of tonnage that he estimates is being dumped on a weekly basis; what measures are being taken to deal with this; how many prosecutions have taken place and how many are pending; how much has been imposed by way of fines by courts; whether any criminal proceedings have been initiated; and how the Manager proposes to deal with the issue from a policy point of view into the future?
To ask the Manager to put in place the appropriate accounting structure to ensure that all Development levies that are receipted in the Council’s Planning Department on a Countywide basis are also recorded in such a way as to enable a breakdown, electoral area by electoral area, to be provided to councillors?
To ask the Manager to provide a detailed breakdown of the amount of development levies collected in each electoral area since the adoption of the scheme?
To ask the Manager to indicate, electoral area by electoral area, the sums of money spent by the Council on capital projects providing community and sporting facilities throughout the county in the past two years?
To ask the Manager to report upon what impact the removal of the toll from the
To ask the Manager to report upon what progress has been made in reviewing the County Water Leisure strategy and to indicate when the revised strategy will be made available?
To ask the Manager to consider the provision of Automatic External Defibrillators in all Council buildings as an initial step towards making them available in all Parks Department vehicles. Such an initiative has the potential to save lives?
To ask the Manager to report upon the policy of the Council in relation to the construction of distributor roads through parks and to detail all instances where such an action has been taken in the past or is planned in the near future?
To ask the Manager what proportion of recyclable waste collected by the Green Bin service is shipped abroad and how much does it cost SDCC to export this waste and will he make a statement on the matter?
To ask the Manager what progress has been made by SDCC in developing a strategy for the newspaper industry to contribute towards the cost of recycling newspaper waste which is now a large part of the waste placed in the Green Bin service and will he make a statement on the matter?
Headed Items
Proposed Variation (No.1) to the Adamstown Planning Scheme 2003
(circulated herewith)
Declaration of Roads to be Public Roads
(no report)
Proposed Disposal of Properties/Sites
a) Proposed Disposal of Affordable Housing - 20 units.
b) Small Builders Scheme - Proposed Disposal of Fee Simple Interest at 186 Alpine Heights, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.
c) Proposed disposal of plot of land adjacent to 66 Ambervale, Tallaght,
d) Proposed disposal of portion of laneway beside 28 Killinarden Estate, Tallaght,
e) Proposed disposal of land adjacent to No. 91, Castle Lawns, Tallaght, f) Proposed grant of licence to Vodafone Ireland Ltd. for use of site at the open space lands at Woodstown, Ballycullen, g) Proposed lease of premises at
h) Proposed Disposal of lands at The Square, Town Centre, Tallaght incorporating the 'public' Millennium Square to Alburn. (all circulated herewith)
Resignation of Councillor C. Tyndall from South Dublin County Council
Report on Completion of Stadium – Tallaght
(circulated herewith)
Part 8 Report - Greenhills/Ballymount Reconfiguration
(circulated herewith)
Part 8 Report- Robinhood - Ballymount Reconfiguration
(circulated herewith)
Section 38 Report Deansrath Park Traffic Calming Scheme
(circulated herewith)
Report on Ballycullen Avenue / Ballycullen Drive Traffic Calming Scheme
(circulated herewith)
Proposed increase in maximum advance for Shared Ownership
(circulated herewith)
Report on Proposed Amendment to Tree Preservation Order - Dublin County Council Tree Preservation (Quarryvale, Brooklawn) (Liffey Valley No 1.) Order, 1990.
(circulated Herewith)
Correspondence
Letter, dated 18th January from An Garda Siochana in response to question approved by South Dublin County Council at its meeting held on 12th December 2005 regarding "free-flow" junctions on a year-round basis at peak traffic times.
Motions
Mayor's Business
That a report be brought re the Park and Ride proposals for South Dublin County Council.
That this Council discuss the request from the Co. Childcare Committee that childcare facilities in the County be exempt from rates.
That South Dublin County Council (a) Report on the impact of composters in terms of reducing waste in our County and (b) Agrees to set up a pilot scheme in a given area using sophisticated food and vegetation digesters to see the impact that has on dealing with waste.
That this Council set up an information drive for the county to encourage citizens to return their bulk packaging to the point of purchase and encourage REPAK and all commercial businesses to participate in a package reduction scheme which will reduce the amount of waste and reduce the amount of costs to the local environment and business.
That Council Staff would research in Canada the cost of setting up a Re-Cycling Plant that can Handle Dry Waste from Green Bin Collection capable of separating Paper, Cans, Glass and Plastic. That the Manger would put a plan in place to ring fence enough capital from the sale of lands to build such a plant. The Plant to be in place when the current waste plan runs out in 2010. The Green Bin collection to then be extended to twice a month and for it to be carried out by directly employed Council Workers.
That this Council takes the appropriate steps to instigate a pilot school bus project as part of its role in traffic management and road safety. Such a scheme would benefit primary and secondary school children as well as all other road users by providing a reasonable alternative to the many families who at present spend a considerable amount of time ferrying children to and from school; thereby contributing in no small part to the traffic congestion that currently plagues our communities.
That this Council recommends that we make representation to the Colombian Ambassador in London to ensure that the military rescue operation proposed by President Uribe to rescue hostages held by FARC be cancelled. Mindful of the fact that FARC leaders have ordered their men to execute hostages in such a rescue operation, by proceeding in this way, it is imposing a death sentence on the hostages one of whom includes Ingrid Betancourt on whom we have bestowed the Freedom of the
That the Manager would report on the initial stages of the Review of the Water Leisure Strategy scheduled for the first quarter of 2006.