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CONFIRMATION AND RE-AFFIRMATION OF MINUTES
Minutes of Meeting of South Dublin County Council 14th December 2015
REPORTS OF AREA COMMITTEES
a) Rathfarnham/Templeogue-Terenure Area Committee held 8th December 2015
- Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Transportation, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
(no report)
b) Clondalkin Area Committee Held 9th December 2015
- Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Transportation. Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
(no report)
c) Tallaght Area Committee held 15th December 2015
- Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Transportation. Economic Development, Libraries & Art,s (1 report - Arts Grant) Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
d) Lucan Area Committee held 16th December 2015
- Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Transportation. Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
(no report)
STANDING COMMITTEES - ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE & FINANCE COMMITTEE
(H3 no reports)
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEE
(H4 no reports)
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES
(H5 no report)
Questions
To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed update on areas that are known flood risks and the extent of damage caused in the first months of winter?
To ask the Chief Executive, arising from the recent statement on the subject by Alan Kelly TD Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government, if he would confirm the number of Council Housing offers refused in 2015.
To ask the Chief Executive if he has studied the reports from the climate change summit in Paris and if he has any plans to promote the recommendations among the population of the South Dublin County Council Administrative area.
To ask the Chief Executive to present a report on the endeavors of the Council to deal with the challenges of the recent Bonfire season and will he confirm if the experiences of that period will guide his staff in planning for the 2016 Bonfire season.
To ask the Chief Executive if he is satisfied that the Council continues to be in a position to respond to bad weather events and if he will report on the Council's efforts thus far this Winter.
To ask the Chief Executive if he would present a report on the operation of the Council's emergency service during the 2015 Christmas Season; will he give details of the calls received and the nature of problems that were reported and will he also state if any lessons had been learned for the 2016 Christmas emergency service.
To ask the Chief Executive how many Part 5 units are coming online during 2016 within the County? Can we have a break-down according to electoral areas please?
To ask the Chief Executive how many requests have been received by members for litter bins within the past two years, together with a breakdown of how many have actually been installed, broken down by electoral area.
To ask the Chief Executive how many groups have registered with the PPN, since it's initial launch and the most recent launch, broken down by pillars and electoral area please.
To ask the Chief Executive how many groups have applied for Community Grants over the past five years, broken down by electoral area, together with figures of those who have been successful in their application. What is the average value of a grant awarded?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the roll out of ''Children Playing - Drive slowly signs'' ?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report into the Homeless issue and Housing issues for January to December 2015 and what plans are in place to deal with this growing issue?
To ask the manager to present a report on Modular Housing for SDCC, does this represent best value for money? and to comment on cost involved as reports are saying upwards of €190,000 plus per unit? How many are envisaged for SDCC and what locations? and will there be a members vote on this?
To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the Playspace programme, is the programme on schedule and has there been any feedback on usage and interest in same?
To ask the Chief Executive what can be done for teenagers living in SDCC and in what way SDCC can and do assist in this?
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DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE MADE PUBLIC ROADS
(H6 no reports)
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES AND SITES
(H7no reports)
MONTHLY MANAGEMENT REPORT
APPLICATION FOR COMMUNITY GRANTS
Correspondence
STATEMENT FROM LAMA EXECUTIVE 12/12/2015
Letter from Donegal County Council dated 3rd December 2015 regarding the intention to appeal global revaluation of 6 Utilities.
Motions
That the members of this chamber call on the SDCC to radically reduce the price of their hourly rates in the County's Leisure Centre's to a more affordable level for local football teams who wish to use these facilities.
That this Council supports the decriminalisation of drug use, meaning that people will no longer be made criminals simply because of their use of a drug: that people’s drug use should be dealt with as a public health issue rather than as a criminal issue and that the resources currently used to process the 72% of drug convictions that are for personal possession should be redirected to treatment and support services and to more effective policing of the drugs trade.
That this Council conducts a review of all part 8 processes passed in the last 12 months to ensure that the implementation of the part 8 work complies with the original part 8 and that from now on, all Council part 8 processes must adhere to the same standards of detail and information that would be expected in a normal planning applications.
This Council expresses its concerns that the proposed use of modular housing as an emergency accommodation may result in families being housed long term in such units. We also are concerned that the purchase of modular homes may not represent the best value for money.
We call on the Minister of Environment to allow the Council to use the allocation of funds for modular units to purchase houses on the private market where such purchases represent better value for money than the purchase of modular homes and where they provide better quality accommodation to meet the homeless needs of homeless households.
That this Council, alters it current policy in relation to applications for consent to sales under Section 90 of the Housing Act 1966 and dispense with the requirement for a purchaser to obtain confirmation from Revenue that they have never previously received mortgage interest relief and thus effectively requires a proposed purchaser to be a first time buyer.
This Council calls on the Housing Department to reinstate the practice of funding OT reports for Council tenant applicants applying for home adaptation grants who are living north of the Naas Road as an interim measure, and for the Council and HSE to agree a permanent solution to this issue so that all Council tenants in South Dublin County Council area are treated equally and receive the OT services on the basis of need and not where they live.
That this Council calls for the preparation of a new Emergency Mitigation Plan by key stakeholders, including this Council and neighbouring local authorities, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, An Garda Síochána and the National Transport Authority; to provide for enhanced contingency traffic management arrangements in the event of serious incidents on the M50, to seek to minimise the region-wide gridlock witnessed as a result of recent serious incidents; and as part of this plan to identify and provide for the implementation of pro-active measures such as immediate way-marking of diversions; resequencing of traffic signals on diversions, deployment of Gardai to manage traffic, useof contra-flow and centralised co-ordination of the contingency response.
That this Council, given the current housing crises and the implications under option two (Community Hall and Sports Facility) of the County’s SDZ writes (a) to Minister for Education Jan O’Sullivan requesting an updated report on the negotiations that are taking place between the department and the developer in relation to the SDZ contractual agreement (b) write to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Alan Kelly requesting an update on his efforts to reactivate the County’s SDZ process and that this Council be kept formally informed on efforts at National level in progressing both a and b above.
That the Manager writes to Dublin Bus asking them to outline the number of requests for bus shelters and Real Time Information Units received within the County within the past five years, together with a breakdown of actual units and shelters installed, broken down by electoral area.
That this Council support and promote the "Million Pound Challenge" that will positively impact on the County's and Country's overall health.
That this council requests that the Chief Executive confirms that the change of ownership of land within an SDZ does not alter in anyway the obligation required under the granted planning permission.
That this Council calls on the Minister for Education to bring parity for the hundreds of secretaries and caretakers employed directly by the Boards of Management of schools with the terms and conditions of similar personnel employed by the Department. The staff concerned are paid directly by the schools through an ancillary grant and are paid a variety of rates, but virtually all are believed to receive amounts below the common pay scales of those paid directly by the Department of Education.
That the Manager provide a detailed report on arrears with respect to households in tenant purchase properties (social and affordable) including:
(a) How many are currently in mortgage arrears of ninety days or more;
(b) A breakdown of the accounts by length of time in arrears in excess of one month;
(c) What is the Council’s policy in relation to the management and collection of these arrears?”
That this Council calls on the Minister for the Environment to undertake a full review of the use of Round-Up weedkiller by Local Authorities to assess the impact to public health, pets and wildlife in light of recent publications highlighting the risks the use of this chemical can pose.
That SDCC strongly recommends the following action be taken by Minister Reilly
I. We strongly recommends that the Government and Minister Reilly fully accept and implement all the 13 formal recommendations of the Report from the Joint Committee on Health and Children for the new Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill, particularly in ensuring those people who were illegally adopted receive the extra assistance they need to be truly equal with the rest of the survivor community.
II. We strongly recommends that the Terms of Reference of the current Commission of Inquiry into Mother and Baby homes and related matters, are immediately expanded to fully include all people affected by the forced separation of single mothers and their children since the foundation of the State.
III. We strongly recommends an immediate acknowledgement, apology and redress to an aging community of survivors while there is still time. It is against the grain of natural justice that many survivors will pass away before the current Inquiry has issues it's final Report. Justice delayed is Justice Denied.
We agree that Minister Reilly be written to and asked to consider the above.