Agenda - April 2016 County Council Meeting
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CONFIRMATION AND RE-AFFIRMATION OF MINUTES
Minutes of South Dublin County Council Meeting 14th March 2016
FILLING OF CASUAL VACANCY ON SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH S.19 OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2001 FOLLOWING THE ELECTION TO DÁIL ÉIREANN OF COUNCILLOR G. KENNY
REPORTS OF AREA COMMITTEES
a) Rathfarnham/Templeogue-Terenure Area Committee held on 8th March 2016
- Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Transportation, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
b) Clondalkin Area Committee held 16th March 2016
- Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Transportation, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
c) Tallaght Area Committee held 29th March 2016
- Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Transportation, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
d) Lucan Area Committee held 30th March 2016
- Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Transportation, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
NO REPORTS
STANDING COMMITTEES - ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE & FINANCE 24th March 2016
a) Draft Calendar of Meeting Dates
b) Report of Conferences/Seminars
c) Filling of Vacancies on various Committees and Statutory Bodies previously held by Cllr. C. Brophy
d) Filling of Vacancies on Various Committees and Statutory Bodies previously held by Cllr. E. Ó'Broin
e) Filling of Vacancies on various Committees and Statutory Bodies previously held by Cllr. J. Lahart
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES
Land Use Planning & Transportation SPC
Report of Meeting 31st March 2016
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES
(NO REPORTS)
Questions
Would the Chief Executive make a report to this Council detailing if regular fire safety inspections are carried out in apartment blocks, where there are Council tenants or AHB tenants residing, to ensure that no fire hazards exist, to check emergency lighting and to ensure that all tenants and management of AHB are observing the basic fire safety rules, especially in regard to storing furniture or other flammable materials in common areas or under stairwells
To ask for a report & breakdown of the amount of funding allocated for community grants, festivals etc to each LEA through area committee in 2015.
I would like to ask the Chief Executive in light of the Tyrrelstown houses being offered to a vulture fund, if SDCC has been offered houses for purchase in any blocks of more than 5 houses. If there have been offers can the details and status of each offer be supplied?
Now that the grass cutting season has begun what is the expected frequency of grass cutting due to be for April and May?
To ask the Chief Executive when our next bulb planting tender will take place, when the next mass planting across the county will be and when the last one was.
To ask the Chief Executive how often does a council clerk of works inspect sites to ensure that planning permission is being adhered to?
Please give an update on the findings of the recent health & safety audit carried out on Traveller sites around the County
To ask the Chief Executive to detail actions being taken by the Council to promote Integration in our County.
To ask the Chief Executive to confirm the number of voters now on the Voting Register in each electoral area and will he give details in that regard.
To ask the Chief Executive to confirm the number of current applications in each electoral area for Social Housing.
To ask the Chief Executive what action he is taking to deal with what his staff are describing as a back log of post in the Housing Department and will he confirm when he now expects the situation to be resolved.
To ask the Chief Executive to present an updated report on progress with the Village Initiative Programme and will he give details in respect of each Village.
To ask for a report into how many fines where issues for erecting posters before election was called and why the said posters where not all removed.
To ask what funding was given to SDCC to build social housing in the last two years?
To ask did SDCC apply and take all available funding for traveller accommodation in the last two years?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on how many houses / accommodation units SDCC turned down from NAMA and the reasons for same?
Headed Items
DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY /SITES
H7a) Proposed disposal of plot of land adjacent to 1 Dargle Wood, Knocklyon, Dublin 16
H7b) - Proposed disposal of Fee Simple Interest in 98 Alpine Heights, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
MONTHLY MANAGEMENT REPORT
PART 8
(No Reports)
2016 NTA ALLOCATION
ANNUAL REPORT
PUBLIC REALM WORKS PROGRAMME 2016
ROAD WORK IMPROVEMENTS IN COUNCIL ESTATES 2016
PUBLIC LIGHTING PROGRAMME 2016
a) DRAFT ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT
b) APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE 2015
FILLING OF VACANCY ON THE LOCAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (COUNCILLOR E. Ó'Broin)
HOUSING CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME
VACANCIES STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES
a) Councillor Vacancy on Housing Strategic Policy Committee (Cllr. G. Kenny)
b) Councillor Vacancy on Arts, Culture, Gaeilge, Heritage & Libraries Strategic Policy Committee (Cllr. N. Coules)
FILLING OF VACANCIES ON CLONDALKIN DRUGS TASKFORCE (CLLR. G. KENNY)
Correspondence
SM01/0316 LETTER DATED 22.03.2016 FROM MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT TOURISM & SPORT
Motions
That this Council write to NAMA and ask them for a full list of properties they hold in this County, with a view to purchasing any that can be used to house some of the 9,000 people on our housing list, subject to quality, suitability and the passing of health & safety inspections
That this Council recognises the deepening national housing crisis and immediately calls on Central Government to declare Housing as an emergency status.
That the Chief Executive presents this Council with a report on any applications made on foot of the temporarily reopened swimming pool programme at national level, outlines the likely percentage cost of any overall projects this will cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
That this Council calls on the Chief Executive to present an update on progress being made in this County in respect of the Council's social and affordable housing projects which form part of the major social housing programme to be delivered as part of our Council's response to the social housing emergency and will he detail the exact progress being made on each of the categories including direct build, direct acquisition, affordable housing and the various rental initiatives in this County since the initiation of the programme and in reporting will he also detail the exact expenditures which have been incurred on each of the facets of the overall programme and will he also provide estimates as to what units will completed/acquired in 2016 and will he also supply full details of the number of staff hours by grade and department which have been assigned to the delivery of this programme in each of its years so that this Council can evaluate whether the current plan and the allocated resources will have an impact on housing waiting lists in the short and medium term.
"That this Council asks the Chief Executive to investigate how we can encourage more children and young people to develop an aptitude for and interest in STEM subjects."
That this Council, in order to support a cleaner and safer local environment, agrees in principle to restrict the number and locations of election posters to be erected throughout South Dublin County Council for future elections and in respect of same hereby commits to engaging forthwith in a consultative process with all interested Local Community Organisations and Constituents, Elected Members of South Dublin County Council and all other interested parties, in order to identify the number of posters and specific designated public areas within the County where election postering for Candidates would only be allowed.
That all previous Motions on the Mother & Baby Home and Magdalene Laundries issues be addressed with immediate effect by the new Minister for Children Youth & Family Affairs and in addition that a review to add Westbank Home to the 14 homes already listed.
That the Council appoints a dedicated cycling officer to develop policies and programs to support the implementation of the Development plan that contributes
to medium and long benefits of increased cycling in our county including:
- 1. Initiatives and incentives that use cycling to combat rising levels of obesity
- 2. Reduced traffic congestion
- 3. Reduced transport emissions
- 4. More vibrant living spaces
That this Council calls on the Chief Executive to seek legal advice and to consult with An Garda Síochana with a view to bringing forward amendments to the Parks and Open Spaces Bye-Laws 2011 to clarify the legislative basis for Section 3.1 of the bye-laws (which allows An Garda Síochána to remove scrambler bikes from park/open space) and to further explicitly make provision for the detention, return and/or disposal of vehicles which have been removed.
That this Council, noting the high levels of litter resultant from green, brown and black bins blowing over in windy conditions, seeks to enforce a requirement for all companies involved in bin collection to provide devices or mechanisms to keep bins closed even in the case of falling, and for such a requirement to be implemented via the Environment SPC.
That this Council introduces an “on the spot” fine for dog walkers that do not have in their possession a dog litter bag. Dog fouling is a scourge in our parks and on our footpaths throughout our county.
Dog waste possess a health risk particularly to young children because it contains dangerous parasite. Dog fouling is one of the most offensive forms of litter.
That this Council calls on the Minister for Education and Skills to make provision in the Technological Universities Bill for the nomination of representatives for the South Dublin County Council area to the governing body of the new Dublin Technology University, either through SDCC or Dublin-Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board, given the importance of the current IT Tallaght within and to our administrative area.
This Council would like to see all pike management operations by inland fisheries Ireland stopped(IFI) and the laws changed to make sure they cannot recommence again. We agree to write to the relevant minister
That this Council writes to the incoming Ministers for Health and Children and urges them and their cabinet colleagues to reexamine the location for a national children's hospital as a matter of urgency, as the site currently being planned for is in a congested location and difficult to access from the rest of the country; and furthermore recommends a more suitable location such as Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, which is equally accessible to the proposed secondary centre at Tallaght, but also has sufficient space for a world-class facility to be provided in a suitable setting for children.
That a list of schools be compiled where amber flashing lights, at school opening and closing times, might be appropriate. I have been told of a couple of near misses in the last few weeks and I would like to see a pilot project of one school per LEA be identified and fitted with these lights before the school year next September. If the pilot proves successful a more comprehensive rollout could be started.